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Constructing the Front & Rear Derailleur - page 4
Place one of the new cylinders above each of the 0.125 inch holes on the lever. Put another behind the hole in the lower sprocket and send it to the back. In a later tutorial we will add hardware wherever it is needed.
  1. Create a 0.750-inch circle.
  2. Convert it to an isometric ellipse by applying a 57.4 percent vertical scale and then convert it to a curve (Ctrl+Q).
  3. Apply 1.50 deep extrusion with settings that produce the result shown.
  4. Separate, fill as shown, and group.
  5. Duplicate, move off to the side and apply a 120-degree rotation to produce the result shown.
  1. Create a rectangle 2 inches wide by 0.325 high.
  2. Completely round the corners and convert it to a curve (Ctrl+Q).
  3. Delete the double nodes at the end with the Node Edit Tool (F10)
  4. Add a node at the end using the + sign.
  5. Create an isometric front effect by applying 86.6% horizontal scale and then a –30.00 degree Vertical Skew.

 

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