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Originally Posted by John Rogers
You can do it by math or get a large enough piece or craft paper and stick a pin to act as the center and rotate your piece around it and draw a line on the outside until you get a full circle. Then measure across the circle.
John
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Hi John,
In this case, my piece doesn’t go to the center, but I bet I could run lines down each side and measure from the middle to get the empirical answer. Just tried it and apparently the diameter would be huge as the lines weren’t even close at two feet out! I may have to give up on the lathe idea.
Here’s the project- I got a bunch of hand plane bodies and I wanted to make a custom wood infill for one. The originals were Rosewood or anodized aluminum, so I do have a piece to use as a pattern, just thought it would be easier to turn a section, but my lathe won’t turn a huge diameter inboard and I’ve never tried outboard turning.
