In order to contain the screw via friction fit, two methods appeared; the final product here is a merging of the form of one and the function of the other. In the first method, one merely cuts a hexagonal hole into the acrylic sized to accept the head of the bolt or the nut; this method requires a little measuring of the sides and potentially many test holes cut to determine exactly the requisite size of the box. This is the final method that was applied, but the triangular form here stems form the second method.
In the sketches above, a triangular box appears with a completely triangular opening, rather than a base into which a hexagon is cut. By cutting the sides with long finger joints and thinner centers, as seen in the sketch on the top right, one could conceivably slide the three sides together until they meet the bolt and nut, and then glue them in place there. This would preclude most of the otherwise necessary measuring work and save material otherwise necessary for tests.
In the end it seemed that producing a hexagonal hole would be both easier and more sturdy, since the use of superglue for such a weak connection would be a challenge.
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