On Tuesday 08 March 2016 13:14:48 Jim wrote: > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 12:32 (+0900), Michele Calgaro wrote: > > On 03/07/2016 08:37 PM, Thomas Maus wrote: > >> Here my batch of draft "trefoil knot" designs. > >> (Drafts -- meaning not necessarily ready for use, as all previous > >> batches too) > > > > Great stuff Thomas. > > Treefoil_know_3TM looks gorgeous and 1TM looks good as well. 2TM is also > > to consider. Probably you and E. would have to work out the colors, but > > to me it looks a nice candidate. > > I've been casually following this thread, so I prefix this comment > with "if a comment from me isn't really isn't welcome, that's OK". > > The thing that comes to mind for me, if I want to combine some idea of > "three" with the idea of a gear is the rotor of a Wankel engine. > Those of you who don't know what this looks like might want to do a > search on "Wankel rotor", and see images like the one in > http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/logo/mazda-wankel-rotary > > One might want to stylize this a bit by simplifying it and putting a T > in the middle. The minor detail of whether we do this at all aside, wow!! The best idea so far. Lisi > Further, for those who are troubled about religious connections, to > the best of my knowledge there is no religion which worships Wankel > engines ;-) > > And if someone is worried about copyright/patent issues, the similar > Reuleaux triangle (still with a gear inside) might look as good. > > Cheers. > Jim > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-devel-unsubscribe@... For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-devel-help@... Read list > messages on the web archive: http://trinity-devel.pearsoncomputing.net/ > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting