Hi
I am trying to build some small barrels. I want to make a jig so that I can make a few at one time.. I am having a problem with the angle layout. Lets say I am building a barrel of 10 in with 15 starves if all the staves widths are equal its easy to compute the angle 360/15=24 degrees divded by 2 (1 for each side) = 12 degrees. However I have looked at many commercial barrels and I see that the staves are off different widths. They build them that way for more strength and economy so more wood can be used with less scrap. So my question is will they still use the 12 degree angle or do the modify the angle for each piece. I would imagine that it would be to time consuming in a commercial operation to keep changing thier machine jigs. So how does one firgure out the angle if the number of pieces change when the diameter of the barrel stays the same
thanks
Steve ross
