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    Compasses, Dividers & Trammels

    Aug 12, 2020 5 minutes

    I think the seed for my woodworking journey was planted in primary school. When we had to get supplies at the start of the school year, one of my favourites was a simple compass set.

    It was just a pair of stamped metal legs connected by a pivot point. One leg held a sharp metal point and the other held a pencil. Friction held the legs in position (sort of) to adjust the compass for drawing an arc or circle. And I drew a lot of them!

    That basic compass continues to exist because kids still need to draw arcs and circles. But it probably looks more like the one you see at the upper left on the next page. It has a very small tip that’s safer to use and it’s made mostly of plastic. Here again, friction holds the

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