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Default Sine Bar Chart?

Mark Rand wrote:
On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:22:52 -0700, Tim Wescott wrote:

RBnDFW wrote:
Anyone got a simple chart or spreadsheet for a 5" sine bar?

Isn't it just angle = arcsin(offset/5")?



No, it's offset=sin(angle)x5

:-)

Zeus books have sines in, as do school tables books (if anyone still prints
them). Otherwise, pocket calculators or decent slide rules work...


Mark Rand
RTFM

I did get that backwards, didn't I?

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