I need an easy way to make an octagon that is symmetrical. I once had a copy of WOOD magazine that had an excellent way of making one with a compass. Does anyone happen to have this copy and share how to make an octagon? This copy of WOOD magazine is probably somewhere around the Aug. 08 issue. It also has a Walnut gun cabinet plans in the same issue. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Here's a quick tutorial:
A regular octagon is constructible with compass and straightedge. To do so, follow steps 1 through 18 of the animation, noting that the compass radius is not altered during steps 7 through 10.
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Thanks Cabinetman. That is close to the way they talked about doing it, except they used a square to start off with rather than a circle. I also found out the the issue was from September of 08'.
Use a compass to draw your circle. A circle is measured in 360 degrees.
Draw a straight line across true center. Measure and mark 40 degrees from your first line on the circle, then 40 degrees from that line and so on. Now draw a straight line from each intersection point around the circle. You should end out with what you want.
lol, i always do stuff the hard way. I would've just cut a rectangle template out of construction paper to the width that I wanted the hex to be, then trace it three times - each time rotated once. :laughing:
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