Fons and Porter Wedge Ruler question
 

Hi,

I was looking at wedge rulers and saw the Fons and Porter one. Unfortunately, I can't get information about the angle of the wedge. Somewhere it stated that the ruler was 2 inches at the bottom and 4 inches at the top. The angle would be 9.53 degrees which definitely wouldn't form a circle easily.

So does anyone know the angle on that ruler? Have you ever used it to form a circle?

Does the F&P wedge have a purpose, other than maybe to make "wedge quilts" (which aren't my thing) or maybe wonky blocks (which could be done with any ruler).

Thanks.

I would go to their website and send them this question. Hopefully, you will get the answer you seek. I have learn that there is a difference in the angles of rulers.

I'm trying to find out today since JoAnn's has a really good sale price and no shipping minimum ;-). I'll ask, tho. However, if anyone here knows, that would be helpful too ;-). It's not that I don't trust their customer service....but I trust people here more.

I just thought about calling. The person would probably read me the stats from their web site, which say nothing about the angle. They also says nothing about using the ruler for circles, so I suspect it's not intended for that.

But I figured I'd ask and be sure.

What have they used it for? Check their patterns and see if any create a circle using that ruler. I would call and ask someone who has some knowledge of the product.

Please find out before you buy. Jo Anns will have another sale soon. however if the size is odd, is it worth the price and your time. Go to a store and look at other rulers so you can compare. Good Luck.

The quilts they've done are modified rail fences. Others they've done are behind a pay wall.

I called the customer service line. They could not answer my question. They gave me an email for the magazine and pattern area ([email protected]). I sent an email. I suspect it will be awhile before I hear, too late for my free shipping no minimum deal. Joann's is 20 minutes away. I would be better off buying the ruler and taking my chances than going all the way in to see. Oh well. Thanks all for your help.

Is this the wedge template or is it actually a ruler? http://www.shopfonsandporter.com/pro...-and-templates

It's a ruler/template! It is acrylic and used for strip cutting. I went ahead and bought the 8 inch EZ dresden, which is definitely for circles! :-). If I need longer wedges, I'll work it out. For less than 18 degree wedges, I might try free-forming it. People have gotten some fun results doing irregular wedge circles. If Fons and Porter ever get back with me, and I find out that their wedge is 10 degrees, maybe I'll go get it someday at Joann's. Thanks all, for your help.

if you have a 10 degree wedge you'd need 36 to make the circle and with a 9 degree you'd need 40--I have a 10 degree (not F & P) that I use for table toppers, Christmas tree skirts, play mats, etc. as it's a long one.

I know! Fun times. We'll I heard back from Fons and Porter's answer line. Answer: they don't know their wedge angle. Still wondering! so if anyone stops by and reads this and has one, it would be nice to know. I'd prefer if it was 10 degrees. However judging by our own calculations it's about 9.5 degrees, which wouldn't make a circle.

I have the Fons & Porter wedger ruler... It doesn’t say on it what the degree it is but I know it is 4 inches at it’s widest & 2 inches at the narrow end & 12 inches long... if anyone is good at math could you please tell us what degree it is? I haven’t even gotten to use it yet so I don’t know if it will make a circle yet... hopefully tomorrow I will get to play with it! Just got it today...

Can you use a protractor to measure the degree on it?

Okay, so I asked my son, who lives and breathes math and he gave a good explanation which I hope helps. He got his math genes from my dad and my hubby, not from me!!

He wrote:

If I understand the problem right, the angles on each side of the bottom wedge should be about 4.8 degrees, meaning both angles together should take up about 9.6 degrees of a full 360 degree circle. Because of the very small angle of the wedge, it would take about 37.5 of these wedges to make a full circle, if I did everything right. Pictures and math are attached
https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...9c&oe=5BD559B9

...I didn't see this post when I originally asked the question. So a day late and a dollar short, thank you SO much for your reply! And thanks to your son. It's nice to have a math genius in the family ;-).

I bought the template thinking it was a Dresden by another name. I found it needs 10 pieces to make a 1/4 circle fan. My pieces were 7" tall and the fan is 16.5" tall. The center will need to have a radius of 9.5".

For my purposes its not good but some of you more advanced quilters might make a medallion for the center (18") and then you could surround it with the circle.

(I tried to attach a picture but can't figure it out)

I believe it is 9 degrees when you take off the seam allowances therefore 360/9 = 40 wedges but there will be a big hole in the middle as Rff1010 said and the finished "40 gon" will be 43 inches!

Seam allowance is added to the wedge ruler. So take off 1/2 inch of actual size template.