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Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: u_rebelscum on May 17, 2006, 05:14:01 pm ---For small degrees or slopes, you can go by slope (not percent) ~= angle in radians: 25 percent slope = 0.25 slope = ~0.25 radians.  (26 percent slope rounds to 0.25 radians.).......SNIP......

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Geezzz Guys!!! What are you trying to do here, turn it into rocket science. You don't need all that calculation. You just take the measurements off the drawing and draw em out on the timber. It ain't that complex to do. This is timber cutting not precision engineering.  You're still going to need the wood filler handy when you get done cutting.

Any Noob reading this thread would think you have to be genius just to knock a cabinet together. Stop over complicating the stuff.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
DaveMMR:
I took my measurements from Carlos's Centipede Cab (who modified it from Jakobud's measurements of an actual Centipede).  They were all in half, quarter and three-quarter inches.
He may have rounded some of those, but it all fits together fine.

I still modified it slightly (an extra inch - give or take -  in all directions) but mostly, I drew out the side panels to the desired width and height and drew out all the major pieces (front panels, slants, etc.) more or less relative to the original.

Yeah, that cut is 30 degrees.  As bad as my cutting skills are, I was able to make that and the other angles with a circular saw with little problem. 

So do a quick graph paper mock up, get a good ruler and protractor, and you should be fine.
shardian:
29 degrees according to my CAD drawing, but get it between 27 and 31 and you are good to go. That is what sander's are for. ;D

Sorry about the math. I do have an engineering degree, so I am a weirdo who actually likes math. One time I actually used Calculus to estimate the amount of beans in a jug for a contest.
DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: shardian on May 18, 2006, 10:24:30 am ---29 degrees according to my CAD drawing, but get it between 27 and 31 and you are good to go. That is what sander's are for. ;D

Sorry about the math. I do have an engineering degree, so I am a weirdo who actually likes math. One time I actually used Calculus to estimate the amount of beans in a jug for a contest.

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Did you win?
shardian:

--- Quote from: DaveMMR on May 18, 2006, 01:42:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: shardian on May 18, 2006, 10:24:30 am ---29 degrees according to my CAD drawing, but get it between 27 and 31 and you are good to go. That is what sander's are for. ;D

Sorry about the math. I do have an engineering degree, so I am a weirdo who actually likes math. One time I actually used Calculus to estimate the amount of beans in a jug for a contest.

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Did you win?

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Actually, the lady told me I was quite close, but I never heard anything back. Sometimes I wonder if those contests ever actually have a winner. The crappy thing about taking alot of higher math is that you forget how to do simple stuff...you know, like simple division and subtraction. ;D ;D
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