>>The 13 whatever degrees is to make it EASY to derive rectangles of the
same proportion without screwing around with numbers and calculators or
memorizing anything.
Please site your source for the Golden Section?
-jc<<
Interestingly enough (or not) we use 14 degrees (13.88 rounded up eh?)
in layout of haunched shoulders on horizontal tenons and housings. It's
the only angle that I know of that can be drawn by using the digits as
pitch on a framing square, ie; 1/4 = 14 degrees.
Wudy
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