I need to turn a square into a hexagon?

Question

My boyfriend and I are making a poker table we have our base piece of wood and it is 4 feet by 4 feet we need to make that square an even hexagon how long would each side of the hexagon be? please help

Answer 1

Each side would have to be 2 ft long.

I would recommend starting off by cutting the base down to 2xSqrt[3] ft (approximately 3.4641 ft or a shred more than 3 ft and 5 & 3/5 inches).

After that, pick a long side and measure 1 foot away from the middle in each direction and mark it. Do the same thing to the opposite side. Mark the middles of the two remaining sides. If you can see the hexagon that's forming, you're in good shape. Cut a straight line from the middle marks you made to each of the closest two 1-foot-from-middle marks that you made. There you will have your hexagon.

Answer 2

The best you can do is wind up with a hexagon whith each side = 2 feet.

Find the exact center of the square by drawing the diagonals. They will intersect at the center, providin you are starting with a true square. Now draw a circle with radius =2 feet. The sides of the square should be tangent to the circle.

Now pick any point on the circle and draw a chord = 2 feet long. Then from the end of the chord draw another chord 2 feet long. Continue this until you have marked off six chords.
If you have done everything right, the six chords should fit exactly in the circle to form a perfect hexagon.

Now all you need is a steady hand with a saw.

Good Luck. If you want a larger hexagon, start with a larger square.

Answer 3

If you cut the corners at a 30 degree angle from opposite sides towards each adjacent side, you should get a hexagon. Make sure to start cutting at the very middle of each opposite side, so it won't turn into an octogon.

Answer 4

ok you got a 4X4 table right?
the distance from two vertices is the longest distance in a hexagon, right?
so the distancefrom the vertices is 4 feet, and because a hexagon is made of six equilateral triangles, the length of each side is two feet.

That's the simplest way but it leaves a rectangle that's 4 by 2*sqrt(3) unused.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

im not sure but you could cut off the corners like they said although that would make it an octagon. try getting a peice of wood (or even cloth) 4in by 4in wide and experiment with that before you do the big table

Answer 7

Cut off the corners?

Answer 8

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