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Troy D.
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Hello folks.
I have a ringmaster, and thought it might be very useful in creating bowls from a board. That is after all what it is designed to do. Unlike mounting a blank on the lathe and using a parting tool or using a bandsaw to cut out parts, the ringmaster is capable of precise angles. It would seem a good companion to segment pro.
If you're making up a standard cone-shaped bowl, there is a linear progression as the angle or slope remains constant, as does the thickness of wood.
Once you start getting into nonstandard or non-cone-shaped bowels, then of course the angle changes. Segment Pro does tell you the starting diameter, and the finished diameter of each ring, so I would think with some trigonometry you should be able to determine the angle.
Admittedly, I'm no computer programmer, and it's been many many years since I've done any trigonometry. Could anyone tell me how to determine the angle of each ring based on the starting and finished diameter, as well as thickness of board?
I would think something could be set up in Excel to do this. I think it would be really nice to see segment Pro add this feature as well. I suspect it won't take more than a few lines of code, but then again maybe it's more involved than I think.
Any help appreciated!
Best,
Troy
I have a ringmaster, and thought it might be very useful in creating bowls from a board. That is after all what it is designed to do. Unlike mounting a blank on the lathe and using a parting tool or using a bandsaw to cut out parts, the ringmaster is capable of precise angles. It would seem a good companion to segment pro.
If you're making up a standard cone-shaped bowl, there is a linear progression as the angle or slope remains constant, as does the thickness of wood.
Once you start getting into nonstandard or non-cone-shaped bowels, then of course the angle changes. Segment Pro does tell you the starting diameter, and the finished diameter of each ring, so I would think with some trigonometry you should be able to determine the angle.
Admittedly, I'm no computer programmer, and it's been many many years since I've done any trigonometry. Could anyone tell me how to determine the angle of each ring based on the starting and finished diameter, as well as thickness of board?
I would think something could be set up in Excel to do this. I think it would be really nice to see segment Pro add this feature as well. I suspect it won't take more than a few lines of code, but then again maybe it's more involved than I think.
Any help appreciated!
Best,
Troy