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Wood - Magazine - 173 - 2006 6 PDF

The document provides instructions for building a Fibonacci gauge to help design pleasing woodworking projects. It explains that the ancient Greeks and Egyptians used the Golden Mean of measurement in architecture for proportion. The gauge is made from hardwood arms cut to size and shape, with holes drilled according to patterns, then joined with binder posts and screws. It is designed based on the Fibonacci sequence and can be a useful tool for woodworkers to create balanced designs.

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Wood - Magazine - 173 - 2006 6 PDF

The document provides instructions for building a Fibonacci gauge to help design pleasing woodworking projects. It explains that the ancient Greeks and Egyptians used the Golden Mean of measurement in architecture for proportion. The gauge is made from hardwood arms cut to size and shape, with holes drilled according to patterns, then joined with binder posts and screws. It is designed based on the Fibonacci sequence and can be a useful tool for woodworkers to create balanced designs.

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fibonacci
gauge
Build this age-old guide to help you
create pleasing project designs.

he GoldenMean of measuringwas
usedby both the ancientGreeks
and Egyptiansto designtheir
buildings and monumentsfor pleasing
proportion.You can do the samefor your
projectsby using the Fibonaccigauge.See t/e"binder post
page 14 for an explanationof how to use
this intriguing and effectivetool.
To make your own, start by cutting the
arms (A, B, C) to width and shapefrom
%0"densehardwoodstock.(We
usedfigured maple,but any
wood will do.) Transferthe
hole centerpointsfrom the
full-size patterns,found in the
WOOD Patternsainsert, to
the arms.Drill the t/ti'holes
where marked and add
Materials lrist
tinish to eacharm. Join the
piecesin the configuration oubidearms
shown on the Exploded B inside
arm 1A6" 1/z' 4Yi'
View and accompanying C crosarm 1/t6" 1/2' 3u
SideView drawingswith
Materialkey:C-choice
ofwood.
binder postsand screws,
using Locktite to prevent Source
Kit. %"binderpostsandscrews (4),2 ounce#609Locktite
the screwsfrom
(1),Kit#300CA1, $9.95ppd.plus$4.95 foreachadditional
looseningover time. I kit.SchlabaughandSonsWoodworking, 72014thStreet,
Kalona. . Call800/346-9663.
lA 52247

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