On May 21, 9:31*pm, Jay Pique wrote:
So I've got one big plank of walnut out of which I'd like to make a
round table. *I've determined that since the plank is 12x96 I have
1152 square inches of area, which equates to just over a 38" diameter
table, (ignoring the realities of loss due to saw kerfs and the
aesthetics of infinitely narrow strips.) *Now assume that I rip the
plank into 3 strips of 4" - what's the biggest diameter I can get? *Is
there any sort of formula I can use to see what my options are?
Thanks.

I'd lay it out in SketchUp. And there is a "formula", it's called
calculus.

R