SEGMENTED BOWLS CALCULATOR

Re: SEGMENTED BOWLS CALCULATOR

Jim Miles - Charlotte

>What are you trying to calculate?

If it is the angle of the cut-

All you have to do is divide the # of segments you want into 180

If you want 12 segments divide 12 into 180 = 15 degree on both sides

Jim Miles

Re: SEGMENTED BOWLS CALCULATOR

Nick Tuzzolino

>woodturnerpro.com is one for starters.

Jim, I like the simplicity, But

Keith Newton------WebKitFormBoundaryV6MZb+tiOpocz6

>It might be worth stating that a square cut which is 90� would be considered 0�. which is how a miter saw scale would read the answer to your formula.

So If I were to choose 8 segments, I would set the miter saw at 22.5, which really cuts an angle of 67.5, which is what it would read if square was shown as 90� instead of 0�.

Your formula gives the reciprocal angle, which may be just what you need to set the saw, but falls short of giving 180 for the sum of the angles of a triangle.

Re: SEGMENTED BOWLS CALCULATOR

Carl Barton

>Thank yo all for the input.

Carl

Re: SEGMENTED BOWLS CALCULATOR

Bruce

>Carl, I don't know where to find the calculator, however, I believe if you use the following formula, you can achieve your goal..

360 divided by number of pieces, then divide by 2.

For example, 360/8 will give you the angle of the joint. (45 degrees) Divide by 2 and get the angle of each cut. (22.5 degrees)

I hope this helps.

Bruce

Re: SEGMENTED BOWLS CALCULATOR *LINK*

Carol - now back in Dubuque, IA

>Was this what you were looking for?


Segmented Bowl Calculator

Re: SEGMENTED BOWLS CALCULATOR

Carl Barton

>Carol,

I have seen this site before. In the Navy we had a saying, KISS, Keep It Simple Sailor. While this calculator no doubt is very good, for this simple sailor it seems to be way to complicated, but thank you for sending it to me.

The one I had was a very simple calculator. More than likely I will find it again and since my retirement I have plenty of time to look. The weather was BEAUTYFUL today and I got out to the shop and turned a lidded bowl. It was the first one that I was really proud of. Now if I only had a camera to take a picture of it to show everyone else.

Carl

Re: SEGMENTED BOWLS CALCULATOR

Carol - now back in Dubuque, IA

>Where are you, Carl?

I have a older, spare digital camera....

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Don wilcut

>I thought it was "Keep it Simple, Stupid"

Re: SEGMENTED BOWLS CALCULATOR

Carl Barton

>Carol,

I live in Virginia Beach, VA. My friend is going to lend me her's, she say's she is going to drop by the house and drop it off, but.....that's ok, she want's me to help her build a Murphy bed so I know she will come by the house soon. The weather here is in the 70's the last couple of days so I am thinking she just might stop by.

Thank you for the offer.

Carl

Re: Jim, I like the simplicity, But

Jim Miles - Charlotte

>Never being good at math, I've had to come up with simple ways to do the job. ( when I need sines & co-sines I ask my 10th grage daughter ) When I do segmented demos for clubs I find a lot of people that have read a segmented book ( or dvd ) and think segmented is too complicated and never try it. I try to make it as simple as possible. Photo is my jig that tells you how wide to cut segment for a particular diameter circle - no math!