How long is a piece of string?

Oct 20, 2005 8 Replies
P

This is one of the best NGs ever but after my last post regarding my dynamo it is obvious that some of you have too much time on your hands. I have devised a problem to divert your excess creative energy:



I want to do the string thing on the steering wheel of my '36 MG but I've never done it before, any tips?



Who can tell me how much string I will need? The diameter of the wheel is 17inches, the diameter of the rim is 1" and there are 4 spokes, each 1 1/4" wide where it joins the rim. The string diameter will be 3/32" No conferring and you should show all working out, use a separate piece of paper if you have to. You may use a calculator, but only for scratching your arse. You may start now.


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J

But Murphy's law states that anything cut to length is too short, so add a bit...

Jim

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M

It'll probably be too long, as winding it very tightly will stretch it. :-) Mike.

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K

Pete, everyone knows that it's twice as long as the middle to the end.

Ken

1981 TR7 DHC 1974 Stag
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J

When you stretch it, the cross section of the string gets narrower, so you get a few more turns around the circumference of the wheel. :-) Murphy is rarely wrong.

Jim

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P

Well two housemarks to Mike G for speed and another two for doing it in the middle of the night. It shows that, as I have told all my girlfriends, I can manage perfectly with jus one ball.

Pete W

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"Mad Ejit" wrote in news:hXQ5f.11333 $ snipped-for-privacy@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

He was reincarnated as a piece of string.

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