Ditto Tim
We have one of those protractors in a bottom drawer somewhere --- certainly not user friendly!!!
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So, just for the sake of my clarity. The bottom row of numbers
is the one I should have been reading to get the neck angle?
I'm terrible at this stuff but trying to learn.....
is the one I should have been reading to get the neck angle?
I'm terrible at this stuff but trying to learn.....
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Well it's hard to see the mark you are measuring by but I believe John P is right, it is probably closer to 89*. Seems like it depends which surface you put that on as to which row to read. I am pretty sure if you contact the maker he'll know what degree he cut it to and it should be real close to that if not dead on.
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maybe I should just invest in a digital one :)Tim Benware wrote:Well it's hard to see the mark you are measuring by but I believe John P is right, it is probably closer to 89*. Seems like it depends which surface you put that on as to which row to read. I am pretty sure if you contact the maker he'll know what degree he cut it to and it should be real close to that if not dead on.
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For your situation (that brand of protractor, placed on the neck in that way), yes, it's the bottom row.MarkAndrew1 wrote:So, just for the sake of my clarity. The bottom row of numbers
is the one I should have been reading to get the neck angle?
I'm terrible at this stuff but trying to learn.....
As a visual double-check, your second photo does look like it is less than 90*, which as the other fellows have said, is correct. It should be close to 89* and that's what it looks like to me. If you held a small machinists square (90*) on it, you would see a gap there, so therefore the angle is less than 90.
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Yeah, you're right Dave. The black line in the protractor is between 90 and 89deg's. So,dave d wrote:For your situation (that brand of protractor, placed on the neck in that way), yes, it's the bottom row.MarkAndrew1 wrote:So, just for the sake of my clarity. The bottom row of numbers
is the one I should have been reading to get the neck angle?
I'm terrible at this stuff but trying to learn.....
As a visual double-check, your second photo does look like it is less than 90*, which as the other fellows have said, is correct. It should be close to 89* and that's what it looks like to me. If you held a small machinists square (90*) on it, you would see a gap there, so therefore the angle is less than 90.
should I just call it 89deg's? That would give me 89+91=180. The complimenting angle
at the body should be 91deg to form the straight line I'm looking for.
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You need to flip the protractor the other way so the long part lays along the "cheek" of the heel --- not next to the tenon. that is the angle which is important, where the heel contacts the body -- I bet its 88.5 +/-
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