Plans for an ellipsograph - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

skeeter · 11-18-2009, 01:50 PM

I'm looking for plans to build an ellipsograph to draw ellipses, does any one have a plan????

dbfly · 11-18-2009, 02:14 PM

Hey Skeeter, You can take 2 nails nail them into a board say 6" apart take a piece of string say 18" long tie it into a loop put it over the 2 nails take your pencil onto the loop pull it tight and draw keeping the string tight and you will make a perfect ellipses

Woodworking Plus · 11-18-2009, 02:19 PM

Hi Skeeter
I did a blog on Lumberjocks on how to make a shop made oval jig. Go to Lumberjocks where it says Blogs,scrolldown till you see the page list and go to page 10 and find my latest blog under wdkits1 Buffalo box. Find my avatar in the upper left corner. Scrolldown to the bottom where it says--view all 25 entries--scrolldown to where it says--Shop made oval jig.

Ocelot · 11-18-2009, 02:31 PM

That's a really cool Jig, Mike. Thanks for showing that.

Ray

Wood Dog · 11-18-2009, 03:44 PM

I'll be back.....have to go to the dictionary again. Thank God they have some online.

wood-n-things · 11-18-2009, 05:05 PM

Gosh 25 cent words don't fit my 5 cent ears..WD wait up---- here I come!

HAMMER · 11-18-2009, 07:23 PM

Depending on how big you want it many drawing programs have a elipse tool where you can draw one on paper from the program and then just print it.

I have see a formula for the length of the string mentioned above but don't remember how it goes. Maybe some math wiz out there can show you how it works and then you can get the exact size you want...

Good luck....

Hammerle

KtownScroller · 11-18-2009, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodworking Plus

Hi Skeeter
I did a blog on Lumberjocks on how to make a shop made oval jig. Go to Lumberjocks where it says Blogs,scrolldown till you see the page list and go to page 10 and find my latest blog under wdkits1 Buffalo box. Find my avatar in the upper left corner. Scrolldown to the bottom where it says--view all 25 entries--scrolldown to where it says--Shop made oval jig.

I tried following your maze of instructions and got miserably lost. A link might have been better. Just a suggestion.

wood-n-things · 11-18-2009, 08:40 PM

well, that only took about an hour to locate.
sure hope this link works cuz it is a good read.
Shop made oval jig - by wdkits1 | LumberJocks.com :: woodworking community

Woodworking Plus · 11-18-2009, 08:53 PM

Thanks Mike- that is a whole lot easier.

11-18-2009, 01:50 PM	#1
skeeter Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Avon MN. Posts: 320	Plans for an ellipsograph I'm looking for plans to build an ellipsograph to draw ellipses, does any one have a plan???? __________________ "The Scrollin Skeeter" "There's nothin like the smell of fretwork in the morning"

11-18-2009, 02:19 PM	#3
Woodworking Plus Having fun gettin it done Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 258 Blog Entries: 5	Hi Skeeter I did a blog on Lumberjocks on how to make a shop made oval jig. Go to Lumberjocks where it says Blogs,scrolldown till you see the page list and go to page 10 and find my latest blog under wdkits1 Buffalo box. Find my avatar in the upper left corner. Scrolldown to the bottom where it says--view all 25 entries--scrolldown to where it says--Shop made oval jig. __________________ Mike "Why buy it if you can build it" www.midlothianwoodworks.com My Blog -- http://midlothianwoodworks.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Woodworking Plus; 11-18-2009 at 08:51 PM.

11-18-2009, 02:31 PM	#4
Ocelot Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NY Posts: 549	That's a really cool Jig, Mike. Thanks for showing that. Ray __________________ http://s13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...t=bdee7145.pbw

11-18-2009, 03:44 PM	#5
Wood Dog Senior member--Absolutely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 3,934	I'll be back.....have to go to the dictionary again. Thank God they have some online. __________________ WD

11-18-2009, 05:05 PM	#6
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hamilton, Montana Posts: 6,019 Blog Entries: 1	Gosh 25 cent words don't fit my 5 cent ears..WD wait up---- here I come! __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. I don't make mistakes..I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong. Mike's Wood-n-Things

11-18-2009, 02:14 PM	#2
dbfly Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: pymatuning lake Ohio Posts: 112	Hey Skeeter, You can take 2 nails nail them into a board say 6" apart take a piece of string say 18" long tie it into a loop put it over the 2 nails take your pencil onto the loop pull it tight and draw keeping the string tight and you will make a perfect ellipses

11-18-2009, 07:23 PM	#7
HAMMER Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: KATY, TX. (WEST HOUSTON) Posts: 493	Depending on how big you want it many drawing programs have a elipse tool where you can draw one on paper from the program and then just print it. I have see a formula for the length of the string mentioned above but don't remember how it goes. Maybe some math wiz out there can show you how it works and then you can get the exact size you want... Good luck.... Hammerle

11-18-2009, 08:40 PM	#9
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hamilton, Montana Posts: 6,019 Blog Entries: 1	well, that only took about an hour to locate. sure hope this link works cuz it is a good read. Shop made oval jig - by wdkits1 \| LumberJocks.com :: woodworking community __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. I don't make mistakes..I thought I made a mistake once, but I was wrong. Mike's Wood-n-Things

11-18-2009, 08:53 PM	#10
Woodworking Plus Having fun gettin it done Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 258 Blog Entries: 5	Thanks Mike- that is a whole lot easier. __________________ Mike "Why buy it if you can build it" www.midlothianwoodworks.com My Blog -- http://midlothianwoodworks.wordpress.com/

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