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Old 06-24-2012, 05:15 AM   #1
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Default Drilling square holes

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/10/07/sq...blows-my-mind/
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Old 06-24-2012, 07:31 AM   #2
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I remember a book from Martin Gardner in the 70s had a chapter about it

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http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ReuleauxTriangle.html
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Old 06-24-2012, 05:23 PM   #3
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Looks like a cylinder in a Wankel Engine.

OK. The patent for the drill bits predates Wankel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wankel_Engine

It appears there are other Reuleaux polygons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuleaux_triangle

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