On 27 Dec 2004 11:42:48 -0800, "
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wrote:
I need to figure out the taper angle on a piece of wood. Can someone
help me out?? The piece is 18 7/16" long. The top is 1 11/16" wide
and
the bottom is 2 3/16" wide. What angle would I need to cut that?


Doesn't anybody know how to do simple trig anymore?

Apparently some one does the second post of this thread already
figured out the angle.....


Basically you have a 1/2" taper (2 3/16 - 1 11/16") over 18 7/16" long
piece

inv cosine (.5/18.4375)
=88.44 deg.

or 1.56 deg, depending on how you want to measure it.