HeyBub wrote: | Morris Dovey wrote: | || || If the angles are known, then trig is the tool. If the angles || aren't known you can measure them and use trig. If you can't || measure one of the angles, you can copy it using a bevel gauge or || with a pair of dividers. || || If h is the desired height of the sawhorse and L is the length of a || leg, then you can calculate L = h / sin 75 || || I have a trig "cheat sheet" stashed away at ||
formatting link
that you're welcome to || use. | | The last time I used the sine of an angle was when the HR department | published its rules for benefit calculations.
Since you're using Outlook Express as your newsreader, I know you have a calculator handy to make sine calculations easy.
The other easy method would be to measure the leg length on your 12" sawhorse and do a proportion calculation, but you'd end up using the calculator there, too.
As usual, there's more than one way to skin this cat. Choose the method you're most comfortable with. :-)
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA
formatting link