In the manufacture of various homemade products from wood, it is often necessary to cut off corners on workpieces with a certain radius. Of course, this can be done using a conventional compass.
But, firstly, it takes longer. And, secondly, not all wood surfaces (for example, when using laminated particleboard) can be pricked with a compass needle.
Therefore, for this, you can use simple home-made templates for quick drawing of radii. They can be made from improvised materials that are always at hand.
How to make homemade patterns
So, for the manufacture of templates for plotting radii steel washers of different diameters are quite suitable. We select the washers of different sizes, then using the caliper, you need to determine the radius of each washer and sign the template. For this, you can use a permanent marker.
As you can see, everything is very simple. A set of templates can be hung on some carbine or ordinary wire, and hung in a conspicuous place in the workshop. Now a whole bunch of templates will always be at hand.
Using washers is very convenient - no need to look for different lids and cans in order to make the desired radius. Of course, with the help of washers you can draw not very large radii. But what if you need a radius of 60, 80 or 100 mm? In this situation, a simple savvy will help.
As templates for drawing large radii, you can use discs for the grinder, which are no longer suitable for work. By the way, it also turns out very convenient and fast. So take advice.
