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MicroJig Fitfinder 1/2 Gauge Center Finder
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1) Measure the first piece. Use the tape measure to mark the second piece, again to mark the third piece, and so on. Cut the second piece, third piece, and so on.
2) Use the first piece itself to mark every other piece. Cut the second piece, third piece, and so on.
3) Calibrate a jig off of the first piece and cut every other piece using that.
Of those, #3 will get the best results, #2 second-best, and #1 a distant third place. If you're using mathematical calculations, you're doing #1. This tool is something like workflow #2 but with a jig. You're more or less using a workpiece to mark itself. If the tool is accurate and has no give- which could be a big "if"- this will never be matched for accuracy or consistency by trying to take measurements and then separately mark on some multiple of those measurements. We'll see. I ordered one to try it. Maybe I'll find it's just a toy.
1) Measure the first piece. Use the tape measure to mark the second piece, again to mark the third piece, and so on. Cut the second piece, third piece, and so on.
2) Use the first piece itself to mark every other piece. Cut the second piece, third piece, and so on.
3) Calibrate a jig off of the first piece and cut every other piece using that.
Of those, #3 will get the best results, #2 second-best, and #1 a distant third place. If you're using mathematical calculations, you're doing #1. This tool is something like workflow #2 but with a jig. You're more or less using a workpiece to mark itself. If the tool is accurate and has no give- which could be a big "if"- this will never be matched for accuracy or consistency by trying to take measurements and then separately mark on some multiple of those measurements. We'll see. I ordered one to try it. Maybe I'll find it's just a toy.
Assuming you went through high school. I'm sure you at least had some lessons things like, radius, circumference, diameter, mass, and center.
For beginners, most centers can simply be calculated with an X. If it's a square, make an X from the corners, center is where the two lines meet. You can use the same technique to find the center of a circle. Draw a line from any part of the circle. Draw the same line parallel to it so that it meets on the edges and is the same size. Connect the sidse vertically. All 4 lines should be equal and now you have a square within your circle.. Now draw an X just like you did with the square. and you will have the center of your circle with a square.
This stuff is so easy with, yet somehow you need a $22 piece of plastic junk to do it for you, and it will only measure up to 3 inches.
But hey, it's your money.
Assuming you went through high school. I'm sure you at least had some lessons things like, radius, circumference, diameter, mass, and center.
For beginners, most centers can simply be calculated with an X. If it's a square, make an X from the corners, center is where the two lines meet. You can use the same technique to find the center of a circle. Draw a line from any part of the circle. Draw the same line parallel to it so that it meets on the edges and is the same size. Connect the sidse vertically. All 4 lines should be equal and now you have a square within your circle.. Now draw an X just like you did with the square. and you will have the center of your circle with a square.
This stuff is so easy with, yet somehow you need a $22 piece of plastic junk to do it for you, and it will only measure up to 3 inches.
But hey, it's your money.
I absolutely love good solutions to things based on a smart application of math, and being able to solve something in the way you describe having no specialized tools is vital. But devices which mechanically apply that same geometry with perfect consistency to a repeated problem are welcome in any wood shop.
I absolutely love good solutions to things based on a smart application of math, and being able to solve something in the way you describe having no specialized tools is vital. But devices which mechanically apply that same geometry with perfect consistency to a repeated problem are welcome in any wood shop.
If you understand basic geometry, you can always find center with really any straight edge, as long as you can draw parallel lines, because if you draw an X from corner to corresponding corner, they will always cross at center. That X, will have triangles, and by simply drawing lines through them, you can easily find the centrix of any of them, and this can be done infinitely within any of these objects (square, circle, triangle).
Anyway, hope your enjoy your $22 contraption. Seriously though, it wouldn't take you very long to learn the basic geometry and save yourself $20.
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