Loop comparison. Investigation completed?

I hesitated for some time before I compared the new Grasshopper-generated Cone Strip with the original digitized saw blade surface. It took some fine tuning of the "Cone Angle" parameter and some scaling+rotating to find the corresponding shape.
After having compared the two surfaces closely I have found that they are almost identical!
Please download the 3d-model (rhino .3dm-file) and have a look for yourself.

Well, this pretty much concludes my investigation I think! You are welcome to prove me wrong!

Thanks for your interest in this blog!

Mårten

Bending in 3D

 So far, most examples have been 2d-curves, but what happens when you bend in 3 dimensions.

I made a 3d loop with the saw blade and scanned it with a Microscribe 3d digitizer. Download 3dm-file here.