Woodworker's Journal

TRICKS OF THE TRADE

Simple Trammel from Scrap

trammel is invaluable for drawing big circles, but you don’t need to buy one. I made mine from a long scrap piece with a screw drilled through one end to serve as a pivot point. A small scrap block, shown above, holds the pencil. Just drill a hole through the block to fit your pencil diameter, and locate this hole

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