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Old 18-11-2013, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by alistairsam View Post
Hi,

How did you manage to cut the 6.6 degree angle on the wooden strips and wasn't there any possibility of the cylinder being slightly distorted? did you have to use an inner cylinder to ensure its not pinched anywhere?

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Alistair
I borrowed the neighbours saw bench to cut the strips on, it allowed the blade to be tilted a little so I ran them through again to cut the edges, it would have been possible to just cut a 13.3 degree angle on one side and leave the other side at 90.

When the tube was rolled up it was tight and rigid, I didn't use any form of support, just measured across the ends as it was setting to make sure it was nice and round.

Cheers
Jo
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