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Aren'y they?! They're really well designed and well made. Such unique tools and I can't think of another like them anywhere. Great people to deal with as well.
For some perspective:
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Thank you so much @seawolf
That is quite a useful link! I might get them both down the line a bit… It's amazing what we can do with laser cutters these days. About four years ago I bought a bunch of plexiglass and had a laser cutting company in Santa Fe, NM cut me circles all the way up to 22"! I asked them to place registration marks every 30' (12 per circle), so they are exactly what I need.
But I also do it the hard way by hand too. Pardon the long description. To start, I draw lines coming out of a central point (aka a starburst pattern) every 3 degrees, so I have 120 lines of six inches (could be any length, just that they are all the same). Now is where the geometry comes in. Starting with one of those lines, I can etch a perfect circle if I connect the end of that line to another 12 lines away (36 degrees). That will make 12 ten-sided polygons that essentially create a circle from their edges. If I connect the starting line to another 15 lines away (45 degrees), I can etch a circle by drawing 15 octagons. 20 lines away, and I can etch a circle with 20 hexagons. 24 lines away (72 degrees), I can do it with 24 pentagons, and so forth…Here is what it looks like....
Lots and lots of lines, but the concentration of lines really creates a perfectly circular deeply etched outline which is exactly what I want.
And then the cumulative accumulation begins….Colored pencil on Arches 400lb. CP Watercolor Paper
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Thank you [I think I know of a tool that you might find useful. I recently got myself a pair of these and they seem to have unlimited applications for people who use circles in their work. http://windfiredesigns.com/Tools/CircleTool/index.html
Those are cool. I expect you use them a lot for the ends of straps and corners of, well, pretty much everything?](http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=11338)
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I hope nobody minds me bombing this thread with some regularity…
Updates on the blue, it's evolving...more ahead
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Keep bombing, beautiful work
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Brilliant! Such a pleasure to see this re-purposing! Well done. And that condiment rack
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Adam bombs…
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Long day in the studio…hopefully done by tonight...
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That blue [emoji8]
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And done
(still needs to be fixed and varnished and framed of course). A forum exclusive, start to finish. Started it the day I came back. I like that it works upside down or right side up, and even horizontal. Thanks for looking everyone, I really appreciate all the feedback!
"Ripple in still water…"
And this is all of the paper pulp and colored pencil chunks, pieces and dust that are produced during construction, nothing is wasted!:
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A fabulous piece of work
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Good to see you back @adam313 , great work
