A spiral saw will work, as well.
--Barry -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of clifford Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:55 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting a curve Dear Dan: Using a router in the same way as you describe for a jig-saw will also work. If you choose to go the jig-saw rout, you will need to turn the jig-saw slightly toward the center of the circle. I used this same technique a few years ago, and if you have the saw at ninety degrees to the center, the saw will pull away and in my case bend the blade. Using a router avoids the problem which is created when a jig-saw blade attempts to go in a straight line. Yours Truly, Clifford Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <BlindHandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 7:02 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cutting a curve So, what would be the easiest or actually most accurate way of cutting a quarter circle out of a sheet of ply? Actually, a half circle will work also. Since the radius of the circle is 3 feet 10.5 inches, diameter of 7 feet 9 inches, this fits nicely into a 4X8 sheet. I have an idea of just making a strip of wood and somehow mounting a jig saw on one end of it. Then driving a nail through the pivot point exactly 3 feet 10.5 inches from the near side of the saw blade and then driving the nail into the sheet somewhere pretty close to dead center near one long edge of the sheet. Since I don't have a jig saw at the moment I am not sure how easy it will be to mount the shoe of the saw to a strip of wood. Is this the way to do this? Thanks. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links __________ NOD32 1.1707 (20060815) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
