Found on Little Machine Shop

cross thread said:
I wish this was around back in the day , it even figures out the stack for you . What ? I'm the only one that didn't know ? Figures .
littlemachineshop.com

Sine Bar & Sine Vise Calculator

The premier source of tooling, parts, and accessories for bench top machinists.
littlemachineshop.com littlemachineshop.com
Click to expand...

Thank you for posting that very helpful link. I have been using Google to find the inverse sine, but my trigonometric abilities are very weak! If the value is returned in radians, I can’t understand it.
 
Last edited:
I do not recall in my high school trig days any meaningful example applications. It would have been mind blowing to have an example with a tooling ball, or a bolt circle problem. It was always something like Joe has to reach a 12' high roof he can put a ladder 4' from the wall. How long must his ladder be? In the real world Joe gets the biggest f'n ladder he has.

Same applies to a lot of algebra and calculus problems. I recall a fence building time with my neighbor, where we had, say, 93" in which to distribute some amount of fence boards of so much width. He started to lay out the whole thing, but in a few seconds I could tell him space everything 2.36457 inches apart, or some such number. :D

I think the way we teach math just kills enthusiasm for most students. I have thought of volunteering to coach in calculus at the local junior college, but this is just big talk on my part. So I'm going out to the shop now.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top