I have made my wedge templates as right triangles. This allows for multiple angles for wedges in a ring. Like 30,60,90 triangle. 40-50-90; 36-54-90 and 24-66-90 as examples. The problem is that 50, 54, and 66 don’t divided evenly into 360 degrees, they need other size wedges. So you need to adjust the wedge angles to use them.
Example at:
50 degree – cut 7 and add one cut at 10 degrees.
You can also go beyond 360 degrees, but you must reverse some of the wedges to make the ring.
50 degree – cut 8 and add 4 cut at 10 degrees, or 8 cut at 5 degrees.
Here is a sample ring glue up.
Here are samples of finished product with 4 and 8 inserts.
Example at:
50 degree – cut 7 and add one cut at 10 degrees.
You can also go beyond 360 degrees, but you must reverse some of the wedges to make the ring.
50 degree – cut 8 and add 4 cut at 10 degrees, or 8 cut at 5 degrees.
Here is a sample ring glue up.
Here are samples of finished product with 4 and 8 inserts.