	Miter Angle Calculator - Version 1.3a

		  (c) Carl K. Shafer
		2717 Turtle Creek Drive
		 Hazel Crest, IL 60429
                    (708) 789-5514
		    AOL - KEITHS39


OVERVIEW
========

This program calculates the table saw settings needed to cut compound
miters for "boxes" with up to 50 sides.  Typical use is to build your
own 8-sided wooden flower pots; other applications include picture
frames and shadow boxes, mirror frames, lathe blanks, tapered columns
for speaker's stands and similar non-rectilinear objects.  This is
not beginning woodworking.

In addition to the miter gauge and saw blade tilt calculations, the
program provides the following:

	- Hints on making accurate miters.

	- Test measurements (if the top side and height are known,
	  how wide will the bottom side be.)

	- Templates to help set the angles (if a graphics printer is
	  available.)

	- Settings may be saved from one session to the next.

	- The default number of sides and slope of the sides may be
	  changed on the command line as: Run MITER 20 25.

INSTRUCTIONS
============

	- Load the program by clicking on the icon.  The program follows
	  standard Windows conventions, so experiment!

	- Change the number of sides in your box by clicking on the 
	  up/down arrows or moving the slider to the right of the sides
	  box.  Similarly, change the slope of the sides by clicking
	  on the arrows to the right of the slope box (changes are
	  either whole degrees or tenths of a degree depending on
	  the arrow pair clicked.)

	- Click the Calculate Control.  Several things will happen:
	    - A figure will be drawn, and a slope indicated.
	    - The Miter Gauge angle and saw bevel will appear to the
		lower left.  For example, a seven-sided box with
		a slope of 12.4 degrees, will need the miter gauge
		set to 84.10 degrees and the saw blade set at 25.07
		degrees (the complements also appear.)
	    - Length of the lower side and height of the box will
		be calculated.  These can be adjusted using the 
		arrows to the right (but press Calculate again to
		update the values.)  The other numbers in this section
		contain the inside and outside diameters of inside
		and outside circles for the top and bottom of your box.
		I use the top/outside circle to set jig blocks during
		glue-up.
	    - A Template control will appear allowing the printing
		of full-size templates.  You can either cut out the
		printer paper, or use the dimentions printed there to
		set your angles.

	- There are also controls under File to save/restore settings,
	  to explain the command line option, to get hints on making 
	  sloped boxes, and the obligatory About box.  There is also 
	  a button to print the screen.



REQUIRES
========

	- Windows 3.x (developed & tested on 3.1)

	- SPIN.VBX custom control

	- VBRUN300.DLL

	- a mouse

CONTENTS
========

This MITER.ZIP contains the following files:

	README.TXT - This file
	MITER.EXE  - The executable
	SPIN.VBX, VBRUN300.DLL - Libraries which go in the 
		\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory

SHAREWARE
=========

This product is shareware, not freeware.  If you find it useful,
please send $10.00 to the author, Carl K. Shafer, 2717 Turtle Creek
Drive, Hazel Crest, IL 60429.  OR send $15.00 and I'll send the
full source code on a diskette.
