Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Laying out the seat bending jig


Today, Jack and I drew out the seat profile on a piece of plywood. This will later help align the bending jigs. I was surprized, the seat is smaller than I thought it would be, just like the frame. I have heard before that you can't lay out angles accurately with a protracter, but now I believe it. I would first measure the angle with the protractor, then have to adjust it after I measured it with a ruler. To measure an angle with a ruler I used:

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