On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Kim Brennan wrote: > I believe what you do is put the pins 22" apart (and level). Tie one > end of the string to one of the pins. Run the string over to the other > pin, and adjust the length until the hanging section is 8" deep. Tie up > the string at that point. The path that the string takes is a natural > hyperbolic, I believe. That'd be a caternary curve. I don't know if they're hyperbolics or not. I'm pretty sure there's a way to do it that involves the string being tight. I know you can do an ellipse that way, but I can't remember the details. Involves two pins and a loop of string, I think. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the |___/ pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be." |
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