How can u tell a skate's radius

[fawn111 0]

HI... I got a pro-return skate... GRAF 703s Size 9 and was wondering how I can tell the radius of the skate.... Aside from drawing a huge circle on the ground... any hints?

thanks in advance

Drew

[Jordan 13]

You need to hold a radius bar against it...maybe your sharpener can help you out

[NorrisContender 4]

Print some arcs in the appropriate radii out of Illustrator. Tape it to the wall. Hold the skate up a few feet away and shine a flashlight on the blade. The shadow of the blade should be easy to line up with the arcs you taped to the wall.

I think I still have the PDF of the Illustrator file I made. I'll look around my machine.

[fawn111 0]

funny that I did not even think to do that with Illustrator.

Gonna do that now.

Thanks so much

[Shark#81 0]

just trace the blade with a pencil and check against the PDF file we have available for download on our website.

i'd post a link but ...

( not allowed to post a link or make reference our site, innovations, technology or otherwise i get warned and the thread gets deleted)

[NorrisContender 4]

funny that I did not even think to do that with Illustrator.

Gonna do that now.

Thanks so much

AI can be tricky because it only lets you make a circle as large as 227" which isn't large enough for 10'. I tricked it by making the arcs at 25% then printing at 400%.

Edit: I had the files posted to Picasa but it seems to resize the files I uploaded. That's not going to work. Maybe it's best to PM me and I'll email you the file until I figure out where I can post the file that it wont get resized.

[fawn111 0]

wouldnt the radius of a 10' circle be 120"... or am i just real dumb at math

[number21 3]

10' radius is a 20' diameter.

(i had to look it up - i sucked at geometry and committed little to memory)