[TheForge] eliptical rings on a cone mandrel?

[James Binnion]

I just tried several angles of the plane through the cone on my 3D  
CAD program they are symmetrical.




On Nov 17, 2006, at 6:06 PM, Steve Smith wrote:

> Why wouldn't it be symmetrical? Not that I've tried it or anything,  
> but Bruce has it right--an angled plane on a cone makes an ellipse.
>
> Steve
>
> Rick wrote:
>
>> You could form half, the turn it around and form the other half.   
>> That should work.
>> |8^)>
>> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
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>>> The ellipse formed by a cone is not symmetrical.
>>>

James Binnion
jbin at well.com