I'm building a BBQ, the big, obnoxious, American kind- AKA an Offset smoker.

I'm using a cylinder of approx 530mm dia. I don't own a spring caliper, so 530mm is as best as I could get with the tools I have.

The frame is a truncated isosceles triangle which intersects the cylinder at a point (a chord of the circle).

Is there an easier (maybe mathematical) way to calculate rough angles to allow a bevel to be cut then scalloped , say, for an edge of the RHS to meet a given chord of said circle?


I reverted to the old cardboard cutout, and transposed the shape after laying out the design on my welding table with chalk, compass and ruler. Worked, but a lot of messing about.
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Pic of the project. Disregard the plumb line which is clearly not plumb. Also disregard the dirt floor fab area I'm working in. It's a bit too big for inside my little shed.
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