Summary
- YouTube content creator Chris Staecker has attempted to create a helical slide rule using a 3D printer, spurred on by comments left on his channel.
- A conventional slide rule is a measuring tool made of a narrow, rectangular, flat piece of metal with a graduatedrule along its length.
- It slides along several equally spaced, perpendicular rules, each with its own graduated scale.
- However, Staecker’s new slide rule bends the entire rule around a cylinder and allows the slide to move, like a conventional version.
- Staecker concedes that his new design is not as accurate as a normal cylindrical rule, but believes its smaller size gives it novelty value.
By Al Williams
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