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Re: 8 sided Drive Train footprint

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Originally Posted by BBray_T1296 View Post
I would much rather stick to an octagon than bending 3/4" plywood around a 17.825353626292277606114981497722" inside radius




(since we are getting so precise that we say a circle is more useful than any reasonable N-gon, I figure you want to be spot on 112" perimeter)
If you find a supplier who'll sell you plywood with 32-sigfig tolerance on the sizing, let me know.
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