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Sine Bar

A sine bar is a precision tool used in metalworking to measure or set angles, utilizing the sine of the angle of inclination based on the height of gauge blocks and the distance between the cylinders. It consists of a hardened body with two precision cylinders, and when one roller is raised, the angle can be calculated using the sine rule. Variants include sine centres for conical objects, sine tables for large work-pieces, and compound sine tables for measuring compound angles.

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Sine Bar

A sine bar is a precision tool used in metalworking to measure or set angles, utilizing the sine of the angle of inclination based on the height of gauge blocks and the distance between the cylinders. It consists of a hardened body with two precision cylinders, and when one roller is raised, the angle can be calculated using the sine rule. Variants include sine centres for conical objects, sine tables for large work-pieces, and compound sine tables for measuring compound angles.

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Sine bar

A sine bar is a tool used to measure angles in metalworking.


Angles may be measured or set with this tool.
The sine of the angle of inclination of the wedge is the ratio of the height of the gauge
blocks used and the distance between the centers of the cylinders.

10" and 100mm Sine bars

It consists of a hardened, precision ground body with two precision ground cylinders
fixed at the ends. The distance between the centers of the cylinders is precisely
controlled, and the top of the bar is parallel to a line through the centers of the two rollers.
The dimension between the two rollers is chosen to be a whole number (for ease of later
calculations) and forms the hypotenuse of a triangle when in use.
The image shows a 10 inch and a 100 mm sine bar.

When a sine bar is placed on a level surface the top edge will be parallel to that surface. If
one roller is raised by a known distance, usually using gauge blocks, then the top edge of
the bar will be tilted by the same amount forming an angle that may be calculated by the
application of the sine rule.

 The hypotenuse is a constant dimension — (100 mm or 10 inches in the examples


shown).
 The height is obtained from the dimension between the bottom of one roller and
the table's surface.
 The angle is calculated by using the sine rule.
Principle
Angles are measured using a sine bar with the help of gauge blocks and a dial gauge or a
spirit level. The aim of a measurement is to make the surface on which the dial gauge or
spirit level is placed horizontal. For example, to measure the angle of a wedge, the wedge
is placed on a horizontal table.
The sine bar is placed over the inclined surface of the wedge. At this position, the top
surface of the sine bar is inclined the same amount as the wedge. Using gauge blocks,
the top surface is made horizontal

Types
Sine centre

A special type of sine bar is sine centre which is used for conical objects having male and
female parts. it cannot measure the angle more than 45 degrees.

Sine table

Sine table is used to measure angles of large work-pieces.

Compound sine table

It is used to measure compound angles of large work-pieces. In this case, two sine tables
are mounted one over the other at right angles. The tables can be twisted to get the
required alignment.

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