Yes this would work, but I kinda wanted to get a math answer. Besides, it made for a good math thread.

 

ya ok so i ran it past the fellow engineer wife and she concures.

so for the future.



generically it is sqrt2(hyp*sin theta)

were hyp =hypotenuse of the green right triangle. or in our case 2.5" metal "side"

again the angle theta is off the vertical.

 

Well then use sin45 = 2.5/distance to find the lenght of the lower edge of the triangle and then use a^2 + b^2 = c^2 Then it will be Leg= 2.5/Sin45. Is that what your looking for?

 

Heavy white paper works good to make templates out of.

Cut em to fit, then trace them on whatever material your using, and burn it,

grind to fit. Then weld it up.

All this math crap, gives me a headache.

 

he asked for math gurus.....some of you guys dont know what you're talking about, the pythagorean theorm only works for RIGHT triangles (triangles with a 90* angle)

i'm still not totally sure what he wants, but from the pic in the original post, it looks like a triangular piece to fill the v-shaped gap (~45* between the two adjacent edges). this length would be 1.91", there is NO possible way it can be greater than 2.5"...a triangle has 180 interior degrees, and with one 45* angle, the other 2 have to be 67.5*, meaning the two known, equi-length sides will be longer than the third side.

if the angle is supposed to be 90*, then yes, the third side is the longest at 3.54", in this case, the pic in the original post is way off!