Need help creating a hole that angles/narrows

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So I am trying to take the middle ring and have it slope down to the bottom of the bottom. Basically gives it like a 15 degree slope.

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Select the ring, activate the move tool and click on the UP-arrow.
This will force the ring to move only in the blue direction and will create the necesary faces (Watch the status bar for the modifier keys)

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Technically you don’t have to use the arrow key, it’s all about being at the right angle to move things. But the arrow keys help a lot.
Here is is without using the arrow lock.MoveRing

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awesome. making progress. so i selected the circle and then the move tool and it didn’t grab the whole circle. weird
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I had too many segments on my circle. I moved it back to 24 and I was able to do it.

Thanks sooooo much

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It is a good habit to draw circles ‘along an Axe’ along with a functional number of segments, this will make it easier to edit.manage etc.
here is a option with the protractor:
(Note: I use the arrow keys for direction of move and direction of the protractor)

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Here’s another reason to keep your circles on axis and divisible by 4, Cardinal Points.
The cardinal points allow you to resize circles with the move tool.
As you see here I am able to grab the four points that correspond with the axes.
Cardinals

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