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Is there an easy way to make rectangles?

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Old 05-20-2015, 08:22 AM
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The angles used in the Tri-Recs tools are:

90, and approximately 63.435, and 26.565 degrees for the skinny triangle,
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approximately 63.435, 63.435, and 53.130 degrees for the "center' triangle.

If one does not have one of the Tri-Recs types of rulers, it is quite easy to draft one's own template for the unit.
Post #13 gives an example of what one would look like.
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Old 08-08-2015, 05:04 AM
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Gay: post #15, has the correct way to sew two rectangles together to get a half rectangle triangle. Is that an HRT?

If you cut the rectangle in half on the bias, that will work also, but then you are sewing on the bias.
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Old 08-08-2015, 07:29 AM
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RE: post #15 diagram

Just make sure your A and B rectangles are oversized enough to get the correct size on your A/B HRT after you cut on that center line and 'rectangle up' the resulting HRT. A half inch isn't enough.
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Old 08-09-2015, 05:26 PM
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This will not work "I may be wrong but I would take 2 rectangles 4 1/2x 3 1/2 then sew and cut as you would a HST. Anxious to see how wrong I might be but that's how I would do it."
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Old 08-09-2015, 07:13 PM
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I remember struggling with this a while back when doing a BOM. If memory serves me correctly, I finally paper pieced the rectangles to get them to turn out the right way (and the right size). Good luck with your effort!

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