If you swap out the knurlPerDia definition line with the following two lines, 
it will calculate the number of knurls to cut from workpieceDia:

#<knurlPerInch> = 12
#<knurlPerDia> = ROUND[[#<workpieceDia> * 3.14159 * #<knurlPerInch>]]


> On Sep 13, 2015, at 1:06 PM, Tom Easterday <tom-...@bgp.nu> wrote:
> Also I should point out that knurlPerDia is probably misnamed.  Might better 
> be called knurlPerCircum or threadPerCircum.  Essentially, it is the number 
> of threads cut across the circumference of the piece.  The number we use is 
> (in this case anyway) the workpiece diameter * Pi * 12 rounded to nearest 
> integer - but can change depending on what diameter workpiece you have and 
> how big or small you want the knurls (the sort-of-TPI or thread per 
> circumference TPC) on the piece.


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