Help with hexagons

[jordan.dahlke]

Hello, I am not a student, just an adult working on a home project who hasn't done geometry in so long my head is starting to hurt haha. I'm trying to build hexagonal shelves designed to hold some knick knacks. I know I want the height of each hex to be 6" tall, I need to know the length of each side of the hex so I can go get wood cut. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[lev888]

Hello, I am not a student, just an adult working on a home project who hasn't done geometry in so long my head is starting to hurt haha. I'm trying to build hexagonal shelves designed to hold some knick knacks. I know I want the height of each hex to be 6" tall, I need to know the length of each side of the hex so I can go get wood cut. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Could you post a diagram with dimensions? Does thickness of the wood pieces matter?

 

[Harry_the_cat]

Is the height you want from a point to the opposite point OR from the middle of a side to the middle of the opposite side?

 

[The Highlander]

Hello, I am not a student, just an adult working on a home project who hasn't done geometry in so long my head is starting to hurt haha. I'm trying to build hexagonal shelves designed to hold some knick knacks. I know I want the height of each hex to be 6" tall, I need to know the length of each side of the hex so I can go get wood cut. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Is the height you want from a point to the opposite point OR from the middle of a side to the middle of the opposite side?

Hi jordan,

Just to clarify for you, what Harry_the_cat is referring to is summarized below (We had this problem with another enquiry where the shape was an octagon (that the OP mistakenly called a hexagon) but I'm sure it will be clear enough for you:-

We (Mathematically minded folks) call the distance between the opposite corners of an octagon (a hexagon too) a Diagonal (though this would be the same length as the diameter of a circle that circumscribed (fitted neatly around the outside of) such shapes).

However, please look the attached diagram. The Diagonal shown of the octagon (circumscribed in red) has been drawn as a blue line and named D. A green line has also been drawn showing the distance across from one side to the opposite side. We might call this the Width of the figure and hence it has been named: W.

So what we need you to tell us is whether it is the Diagonal of your hexagons or the Width of your hexagons that you want to be 6"? (We would normally think of the "height" as being the thickness of your wood in this situation. )

Do tell us as much more as you can think of might be useful; a (regular) hexagon seems like an odd shape to make a shelf though I suppose, if they're not very big, supporting them may not be too much of a problem.