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[DukeNukem]

I'm not even there yet and already have requests, I gave one of these to my mother in-law about three years ago and she loaned it out for a wedding display. Anyway here's my question how do you make a large octagon? She told me people would like it in a larger scale and I'm not sure how to make it any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.Jerry

[DWSudekum]

Excellent job on that Jerry

DW

[lowbike1]

cant answer your question, but I have a bunch of thin pine strips like that, now I know what I'm gonna do with them!

[Marsha]

Jerry, to make a larger octagon, start with a larger piece of wood. Your wood needs to be square. Divide your wood into a grid of 9 squares and cut off the corners. In this example I used a 6" square, but the same principle will work with any size that is equally divisible by 3.
Octagon.jpg
I hope this helps
Marsha

[DukeNukem]

Marsha,Thank you so much that helps a lot thanks again.Jerry

[Marsha]

You're quite welcome, glad I could help
Marsha

[Bruce P]

Jerry, Marsha;

Not sure if it matters, but for the described octagon, the sides will not be all the same length; the diagonal sides will be about 41% longer than the horizontal and vertical sides.

To construct an octagon with 8 equal sides, refer to the diagram below.
1. Construct a square ABCD
2. Draw the diagonals AC and BD; the intersection is point E.
3. Draw a circle with center at A and a radius of AE; repeat for the other three corners of the square.
3. Connect the eight points where the circles intersect the square, F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M to create the octagon.

The sides of the resulting octagon will be 41.4% as long as the side of the original square; for a 10" square, the side of the octagon will be just a tiny bit under 4 17/64".
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Bruce P.

[Khalid]

What a great show piece u made...I wish to make one...

[DukeNukem]

Wow you're right thanks for the input Bruce I apreciate it. I printed both pics to measure and Marsha sorry to say the cut corners came out about 3/8" different I meen longer,But I'm still greatful for the help Thanks again Bruce...Jerry

[Marsha]

Yes, I knew they would not be the same measurement and I should've stated that but I forgot. I use this method to make octagon boards for my mother, she paints Rumoli on them and sells them, the octagon does not need to be perfect for a rumoli board.
Sorry for the confusion.
Marsha