Fibonacci Gauge & Coping Sled

Very nice!!!! Thanks for the post I saved the pix for later reference.

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sounds good

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

HUH?

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OK now I understand.. I already knew about the golden mean but got lost with the reference to Fibonacci
For those like me check out The man himself

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Sorry, I should’ve included the links.

-- You can't control the wind, but you can trim your sails

These look terrific!

I’d like to make a Fibonacci gauge, but nobody around here stocks binder posts and I’ll be hanged if I am going to buy a box of 100 to get 4. What hardware did you use?

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Yes I was stumped also but once the dear in the head lights wore off it all clicked. Can you pots the measurements of each peace? I would like to make my own…

-- David '65

I too had trouble with the hardware. I bought something at Rockler, but it wasn’t right. I just hid the problem in the photo. I’m thinking about something like the mating screws that they use to attach knife handle scales to the blade. You can get them in small quantities and they’ll handle the thickness (or lack thereof) properly.

Here’s the diagram I used. As an engineer, I have no problem with metric units, and I think they’re more accurate in this application. These ended up over a foot long. The nice thing is that you can scale this to any proportions you want by multiplying or dividing the dimensions.

As I mentioned before, they’re deadly accurate. When I placed two dividers on 0 and 100mm, the third pointer was invisibly close to 161.8. You can also buy plans online for about $3.

Make sure you make the parts oversized of the measurements. The measurements are for the pivot points and tips of the pointers.

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Sweet Thank you that makes since now. I went online and did some research saw the outcome to be the same but didn’t know the measurements.

-- David '65

Came out great. I have plans for it, I just need to get it done.

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