He mentioned boatbuilders in this clip but made a 2D shape. It was impressive how it worked, but I'd like to see how 3D objects can be plotted with this method, if at all.
How to 3D this concept?
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i did try it, it works well. was pretty impressed.
I was thinking about this, and came up with a solution for 3D. If you could get an old transistor radio extendable antenna, you could mount it on the tick stick. When you make the base outline, swivel and extend the antenna to the 3D point. Measure the angle and length and write it in that traced outline. Simples.
I get that, I really do. But how do you then cut it from virgin material? You can't just get around with vertival cuts, it will be all wrong. It needs to be cut at respective angles through the material. I can get no further than that though. Plenty of better brains around than mine!
It would be pretty easy mate. Using the tick stick and just ploy the curve . Yes you would have to join the dots but with 6 or 8 plots you'd be done. Infact use the full tick stick for the important corners and just the head only along the curve line. This would make very light work of it.
A couple of clamp hacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbBwocFoo4k