Original Posted By: "Oscar Zuniga"
I had been trying to figure out how to lay out the instrument panels and turtledeck curves for a while, but couldn't figure out the radii, especially when therewere changes in width of the arc or height of it. Actually, I have been wantinga formula to do this for some time. One of the nail benders at work last week knew the formula and he shared itwith me. Works like a charm. it is:the width of the arc squared plus the height of the arc squared, divided by thewidth of the arc. I drilled a 1 X 2 out for a round pencil and cut a slot so it would fit snuglythen just drove a finishing nail through the 1 X 2 the distance from the pointto the correct radius. Works great and is free!Dennis ________________________________________________________________________________