Laying out a Radius

[charlese]

I agree with JPG, if your are into making cardboard cutouts. One of these will work great. Personally I'd rather use the beam compass or string methods. There are just too many ways to get this job done. Keep It Simple.

A lot will depend on how many of these chairs you want to make.

I made a cardboard template to lay out the curves on Queen Anne legs and that worked SUPER!

[Ron309753]

Thought you might like to see what I came up with for a beam compass. I couldn't find a source for a yardstick, and she wouldn't let me have the one in the kitchen. I routed a 1/4" slot down the middle of the stick so that the pencil can be moved to any radius along the slot. The little U bolts that hold the nail and pencil on are from wire rope clamps.

Where does one get a good yardstick these days?

[Ron309753]

Thought you might like to see what I came up with for a beam compass. I couldn't find a source for a good yardstick, and she wouldn't let me have the one in the kitchen. I routed a 1/4" slot in the stick so that the pencil can slide the length of the slot for an infinite number of radii. The little U bolts that hold the pencil and nail to the stick are from wire rope clamps.

Where does one find a good quality yardstick these days anyway?

Sincerely,

Ron

[a1gutterman]

Thought you might like to see what I came up with for a beam compass. I couldn't find a source for a good yardstick, and she wouldn't let me have the one in the kitchen. I routed a 1/4" slot in the stick so that the pencil can slide the length of the slot for an infinite number of radii. The little U bolts that hold the pencil and nail to the stick are from wire rope clamps.

Where does one find a good quality yardstick these days anyway?

Sincerely,

Ron

Hi Ron,
There is nothing wrong with your solution. And you do knot need to use "measurements"]this[/URL] for yardsticks.