This is so dumb. The pencil and the surface its on would have to be the perfect width and height for this to work.
stylezLP on
… but that’s not the center, cuz its not perfectly round…… you can see its not center, its offset.
drunk_fat_possum on
Knowing me I would accidentally make a pentagram and get sacrificed or something
amelia_earheart on
* any _perfectly round_ wooden log
rainman2121 on
I feel like they are just adding extra steps to get an innacurate result.
1320Fastback on
That certainly narrows it down but does not locate the middle.
Sarz13 on
Try that with an actual log and report back to us
Johnny-Edge93 on
I could probably guess closer than that
Darkkiller059 on
Only if its perfectly round
JacobRAllen on
The dowel has to be perfectly circular. Additionally, this technically does not even find the center. You’ve drawn a smaller circle on a bigger circle. Now you need to find the center of the circle you’ve drawn. To do that you’d need to be able to move the pencil and spiral in towards the center.
All that being said, there is very little practical application for this technique.
FeistyRevenue2172 on
Or, hear me out, use a ruler
Burque_Boy on
….thats not the center
North_Phrase4848 on
Thanks, but I’ll take my chances with a caliper…
KLFisBack on
superb
Archon-Toten on
This is giving me a idea, could we make drawings like those spirals? Maybe some kind of graph..
davewave3283 on
That there is a dowel
NoPlansTonight on
Just eyeball it at that point, lmao
fireandbass on
This song gives me PTSD flashbacks of a certain morbid Instagram page.
RugbyEdd on
You’ve narrowed it down, but still not actually found the centre
Poor-Judgements on
Any? What I’d the log is too big to spin around like that?
Apprehensive_News_78 on
Where’s the cylinder guy?
PreferenceContent987 on
It’s really not interesting as fuck
PinkBismuth on
Tape measure is faster I reckon. I’m cracking myself up imagining a carpenter doing this shit on a job site lmao.
CyonHal on
or just measure the width perpindicular the tangent and divide by 2
Expensive-Document41 on
ShitpostDumptruck on
This is an excellent quick check on something that is mostly cylindrical. The only time you would be trying to find the “general center” is on a piece you intend to lathe / work on. It doesn’t matter if it’s the exact center at that moment because it *will* be when you shave the sucker down.
charlsalash on
You kind of have to start with the pencil at the center of the log
Solest044 on
I like to use a ruler.
fartsfromhermouth on
I’m really struggling to see any practical use for this at all
FlyingTurkey on
Now how do you find the center of that circle
n7-Jutsu on
Okay, and then what?
shortidiva21 on
Whoa
dion_o on
They didn’t find the center though. They just narrowed it down to a slightly smaller circle than I started with.
8FootedAlgaeEater on
There is a far faster and more accurate way.
UnfairStrategy780 on
:video downloading:
Gizmowrench on
Nah
dcdemirarslan on
Just draw a cross on it… It’s equally accurate anyway.
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Log huh?
This is so dumb. The pencil and the surface its on would have to be the perfect width and height for this to work.
… but that’s not the center, cuz its not perfectly round…… you can see its not center, its offset.
Knowing me I would accidentally make a pentagram and get sacrificed or something
* any _perfectly round_ wooden log
I feel like they are just adding extra steps to get an innacurate result.
That certainly narrows it down but does not locate the middle.
Try that with an actual log and report back to us
I could probably guess closer than that
Only if its perfectly round
The dowel has to be perfectly circular. Additionally, this technically does not even find the center. You’ve drawn a smaller circle on a bigger circle. Now you need to find the center of the circle you’ve drawn. To do that you’d need to be able to move the pencil and spiral in towards the center.
All that being said, there is very little practical application for this technique.
Or, hear me out, use a ruler
….thats not the center
Thanks, but I’ll take my chances with a caliper…
superb
This is giving me a idea, could we make drawings like those spirals? Maybe some kind of graph..
That there is a dowel
Just eyeball it at that point, lmao
This song gives me PTSD flashbacks of a certain morbid Instagram page.
You’ve narrowed it down, but still not actually found the centre
Any? What I’d the log is too big to spin around like that?
Where’s the cylinder guy?
It’s really not interesting as fuck
Tape measure is faster I reckon. I’m cracking myself up imagining a carpenter doing this shit on a job site lmao.
or just measure the width perpindicular the tangent and divide by 2
This is an excellent quick check on something that is mostly cylindrical. The only time you would be trying to find the “general center” is on a piece you intend to lathe / work on. It doesn’t matter if it’s the exact center at that moment because it *will* be when you shave the sucker down.
You kind of have to start with the pencil at the center of the log
I like to use a ruler.
I’m really struggling to see any practical use for this at all
Now how do you find the center of that circle
Okay, and then what?
Whoa
They didn’t find the center though. They just narrowed it down to a slightly smaller circle than I started with.
There is a far faster and more accurate way.
:video downloading:
Nah
Just draw a cross on it… It’s equally accurate anyway.
Any cylinder, really.
Still did not find the spot.
Who is this useful for?