QUESTION:
I’m building a bow-front cabinet and need to find the radius of the bow so that I can make some templates, using a router on a trammel. How can I find it?
Thomas Mullins, Fort Worth, TX
ANSWER:
From your plans, you can find the width and height of the arc. Then you can use a simple mathematical formula to determine the arc’s radius.
Drawing: Kelly J. Dunton
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Is that last line 32 1/2 or 32 - 1/2 inch or 31 1/2????
Do the math and find out for yourself :)
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