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[Blackkitty]

Well its Blackkitty again. Im gonna build a small woodie next, possibly for the kiddie kontest.. im pretty inexperienced in the art of building woodies..
I have some quesestions..

1. what is the best cube side lengths... (blue*blue, blue*yellow, yellow*yellow etc)

2. Does the lift have to be less then 45 degrees?

3., what is the best way to make a lift less than 45 degrees?

4. Does any one want to make me a layout? it will be about 3 feet tall (if for kiddie contest.) or 4 feet if i cant make the deadline.

Thanks

[/\ero]

Well, most people don't have enough blue rods to do blue by blue. I did yellow by yellow. You can make the lift whatever degree you want. The angle doesn't matter. Most woodies with less than a 45* lift are built like this.

A 45* green followed by a straight yellow followed by a 45* green and so on.

[Old_Hag]

EDIT: JP pretty much answered it.

[Blackkitty]

which would be better i probably dont have enough blues for blue by blue,
but yellow by yellow?
or blue by yellow?


EDIT: but which in your guys opinions looks better, 45 or less than 45?

[Old_Hag]

Less than 45, I seriously cannot think of any wooden coaster with a lift of 45 degrees, excepy maybe Son of Beast.

[CCI]

I think El toro might be. I personally do blue yellow, but anything works

[NitroDude319]

Well I don't know most the angle the lift is on most woodies, but the best way to save pieces is to use a gray to yellow rods. It looks really nice and it saves pieces at the same time.