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December 2003

Nelson Cassinger's Table of Lengths and Angles

for making Segmented Vessels


Tile Angles and Lengths

Number of segments

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Cutting angle in degrees

30

25 3/4

22 ½

20

18

16 1/3

15

13 7/8

12 7/8

11

11 1/4

Desired diameter (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

Tile length (in.)

4

2

1 3/4

1 ½

1 3/8

1 1/4

1 1/8

1 1/16

15/16

7/8

13/16

3/4

5

2 ½

2 3/16

1 15/16

1 11/16

1 9/16

1 7/16

1 5/16

1 3/16

1 1/8

1 1/16

1

6

3

2 5/8

2 5/16

2 1/16

1 7/8

1 11/16

1 9/16

1 7/16

1 5/16

1 1/4

1 3/16

7

3 ½

3 1/16

2 11/16

2 3/8

2 3/16

2

1 13/16

1 11/16

1 9/16

1 7/16

1 3/8

8

4

3 ½

3 1/16

2 3/4

2 ½

2 1/4

2 1/16

1 15/16

1 3/4

1 11/16

1 9/16

9

4 ½

3 7/8

3 7/16

3 1/16

2 3/4

2 9/16

2 5/16

2 1/8

2

1 7/8

1 3/4

10

5

4 5/16

3 13/16

3 7/16

3 1/16

2 13/16

2 9/16

2 3/8

2 1/4

2 1/16

1 15/16

11

5 ½

4 3/4

4 3/16

3 3/4

3 3/8

3 1/8

2 7/8

2 5/8

2 7/16

2 5/16

2 1/8

12

6

5 3/16

4 9/16

4 1/8

3 11/16

3 3/8

3 1/8

2 7/8

2 11/16

2 ½

2 5/16

13

6 ½

5 5/8

5

4 7/16

4

3 11/16

3 3/8

3 1/8

2 7/8

2 11/16

2 9/16

14

7

6 1/16

5 3/8

4 13/16

4 5/16

3 15/16

3 5/8

3 3/8

3 1/8

2 15/16

2 3/4

15

7 ½

6 ½

5 3/4

5 1/8

4 5/8

4 1/4

3 7/8

3 9/16

3 5/16

3 1/8

2 15/16

16

8

6 15/16

6 1/8

5 ½

4 15/16

4 ½

4 1/8

3 13/16

3 9/16

3 5/16

3 1/8