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Cutter Travel 55mm
240-310mm 310-380mmSphere Diameters
Preliminary Cuts For Turning Spheres
Dimensions of tangent cuts for turning SpheresAll dimensions in mm
Formulas A = Diameter x 0.29275
Diameter A B Diameter A B
This chart can be used to get a rough shape prior to using the Sphere Jig10.000 2.928 1.077 105.000 30.739 11.30515.000 4.391 1.615 110.000 32.203 11.84420.000 5.855 2.153 115.000 33.666 12.38225.000 7.319 2.692 120.000 35.130 12.92030.000 8.783 3.230 125.000 36.594 13.45935.000 10.246 3.768 130.000 38.058 13.99740.000 11.710 4.307 135.000 39.521 14.53545.000 13.174 4.845 140.000 40.985 15.07450.000 14.638 5.384 145.000 42.449 15.61255.000 16.101 5.922 150.000 43.913 16.15160.000 17.565 6.460 155.000 45.376 16.68965.000 19.029 6.999 160.000 46.840 17.22770.000 20.493 7.537 165.000 48.304 17.76675.000 21.956 8.075 170.000 49.768 18.30480.000 23.420 8.614 175.000 51.231 18.84285.000 24.884 9.152 180.000 52.695 19.38190.000 26.348 9.690 185.000 54.159 19.91995.000 27.811 10.229 190.000 55.623 20.457
100.000 29.275 10.767 195.000 57.086 20.996200.000 58.550 21.534
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B = Diameter x 0.10767
Making Spheres Paul Howard