Ellipse drawing tool

**hyvel** · 09-24-2006, 02:26 AM

I just had to build one of these

http://www.taljaren.se/ellips.jpg
Here is a movie of it in action http://www.taljaren.se/ellips.avi

**arcticfox46** · 09-24-2006, 01:47 PM

Now THAT is really cool

**hyvel** · 09-24-2006, 05:00 PM

Thanks! It was really fun building also.
Not to hard to make with a router table. The pieces slides along very nicely.

The reason for building it is that sometimes you might not want to make holes with nails and using a string is a little difficult also.

**BEN7002** · 09-24-2006, 09:16 PM

Thats cool, do you happen to have a link to the plans?

**cabinetman** · 10-01-2006, 06:34 AM

I've seen plans for those, and have been thinking of making one. Yours looks great. I'm still using nails and string.
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"I'M NEVER WRONG - BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT"

**hyvel** · 10-04-2006, 06:10 AM

The next project is to try to figure out how to make a ellipse with a routertable ;-)

**Postman** · 10-06-2006, 01:03 PM

You sure come up with some nice things.

**hyvel** · 06-02-2010, 09:19 AM

Sorry, I didn't make a plan (contrary to my beliefs). I must admint that I could not have made any drawings before building it since I had no idea of how to build it.

But here are some drawings that should get you started. All meassures are to be not to big, and not to small :-)
Onething though, make it as low as possible, so the long rod is as close to the surface as possible. Unfortunatly, this contradicts with some other things.

Good luck!