"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message
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0.5" times the sine of 1 degree is about 0.008"

Thanks, Jim. The trig I can do, but that goes in the archive,
because it
saves me a LOT of math. G

Lloyd

When I set up my surface grinder to sharpen lengthwise flutes I adjust
the spring finger (hacksaw blade end) to a protractor beam or angle
block that crosses through the tool's center axis at 5 degrees from
vertical.

jsw