04-16-2006, 10:55 AM
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So I bought two 1/2 inch thick ply sections. Botching the job on top of writing the check would be not a good idea.
LYKAON
(Ralph Izard)
Wow!
hock: You are BRAVE!To get the ellipse symmetrical, why not make a pattern of one quarter- section on a sheet of paper folded into four? You can draw this section free-hand from points marked for the vertical and horizontal axes. You can establish where to mark these by deciding beforehand the overall length and width. Cut out the quarter pattern and you've got a complete one.
The exact shape is really up to you, given the variety in the depictions.
I hope a) This makes sense. b) It doesn't constitute instructing one's grandmother in the art of egg-sucking. c) It helps.
Paul
