The next step is determining the exact angle necessary to accommodate the curve. This is done with wedge plates, but there are a limited number of angles available.
I wanted to keep these two angle pieces. They provide a sufficient bend without being excessive.
These are closeups of the two angle modules.
This picture shows the base of those two modules. They are constructed on opposing 12 x 3 wedge plates. A hinge piece hold the two pieces together. This base provides a large platform on which to build. This process was discussed in one of the first posts I ever did, you can read that post here.
But I can't put this on the cliff or the backing hanger space. So I either rebuild the platform connector using a single wedge plate or find a wedge plate that is equivalent to these two wedge plates in this configuration. As the photo shows I did this graphically, but I also did the calculation mathematically.
It ends up that a 6 x 3 wedge plate is equivalent, as this photo shows. Now I have a single wedge plate angle to build the cliff on as well as the backing hanger space.
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