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Carry on, folks, don't mind me. edit: I like this forum. I like most of the people here. I wasn't attempting to call anybody out for their trigonometric experiments.

There are a lot of "strong personalities" on here that can sometimes jump you if you suggest something that is different from what they believe. I was simply trying to provide a convincing (and hopefully non-confrontational) argument to back up what Chadd said about them not being degrees (in the sense of trigonometric angles). In my line of work, degrees mean degrees, so I held the belief for a long time that the Mako had 3° (in the trigonometric sense) because that is what I read. I had convinced myself a year ago (when I had my Mako's pitch reduced slightly by 0.5/32nds on a Blackstone machine) that they couldn't possibly be degrees in the trigonometric sense. I tend to think about things like this in great detail so I appreciate having a true understanding of what is going on. I generally assume there are some others on here that are interested in trying to understand things to that same level of detail. Even still, since I first joined the forum, I have learned to apply a filter to the things I post, because I'd rather avoid the feather ruffling.

If you read AfftonDads post carefully, he was simply confirming Chadd's post, and I just confirmed AfftonDad's. No big deal.

I checked his geometry in Photoshop and 3 degrees comes out to exactly what he drew.

Yeah... I'm convinced now that the usage of the term 3 degrees is a misnomer/misusage. Here is a blade/holder overlayed on one that has been rotated by 3 degrees (in the true since of the word degrees). The intersection is shown in green. In other words, the green area shows what you would have to do to a blade to contour a TRUE 3 DEGREES into it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2A94zJKeEY5TkpCMFFfUF95czQ/edit?usp=sharing

Was doing a little organizing and figured I'd snap a pic of the sock collection. Something a little different. Top: Wolfpack, Monarchs, Islanders, Blue Jackets, Black Practice Middle: Sharks x2, Wild, Icehogs, Thrashers x2 Bottom: Whalers x3, Admirals x2, Bears