Make Golden Mean calipers
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Neat little project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2rgG8DtlXo
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Thanks Jack! Have you many any yet? I just might have one of my guys set up a CNC to make some.
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#13
Tony, I made this one close to 20 years ago ...

[Image: Fibonacci-Gauge2.jpg]

Tasmanian Blackwood and brass, with handmade brass rivets.

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(03-15-2022, 04:54 AM)Tony Z Wrote: Thanks Jack!  Have you many any yet?  I just might have one of my guys set up a CNC to make some.

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No, I haven't yet, Tony...trying to decide whether to make one out of some of the exotic woods stash I have, or out of some 1/8" sheet aluminum I have a ton of.
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Big Grin No doubt which would be the prettiest tho.
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(03-15-2022, 08:01 AM)Derek Cohen Wrote: Tony, I made this one close to 20 years ago ...

[Image: Fibonacci-Gauge2.jpg]

Tasmanian Blackwood and brass, with handmade brass rivets.

Regards from Perth

Derek

NICE! Really like the brass tips Derek!

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#16
Made one, never have used it!!!
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(03-15-2022, 09:58 AM)rwe2156 Wrote: Made one, never have used it!!!

Sometimes we make things, just to make them!
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#18
Here's an interesting counterpoint to the golden mean caliper video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOjEXo7Q9Lg
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#19
1.618: its on a post-it note on the wall of my shop. I refer to it frequently when designing.
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#20
The golden ratio shows up many places in math and nature: the ratio of adjacent Fibonacci numbers approach it for example. It does look good.

People periodically point out that matches in art are not precise. So what? The video linked above shows a way that doesn’t produce the ratio, and suggests that says something about it. I didn’t watch beyond that.
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