How to draw an ellipse during carpentry decoration?

Carpenters are important participants in home decoration. With their dexterous hands, pieces of wooden furniture that can be regarded as works of art are cleverly made to decorate our beloved homes and make our homes shine.

The reason why carpenters are so awesome is that they have a solid foundation, which they have practiced hard.

When a complete board lies before his eyes, the carpenter has already cut it into eight pieces. It is as if countless lines appear out of thin air on the board, shining with their trajectory, guiding the carpenter to dismember it and complete his mission.

That’s right, line drawing is both a basic and advanced art. The higher the skill, the more refined one will be in this art.

The ellipse seems to have become an unavoidable threshold in carpentry line drawing.

As a foundation, the ellipse seems to have become an unavoidable hurdle in carpentry line drawing. It is not as simple as a perfect circle. I guess everyone has forgotten how the ellipse is defined in mathematics.

Go check out the book right away. I won’t explain it here because it’s too difficult. I’m afraid it will be bad if I don’t explain it clearly or misinterpret it. Here I will just tell you how to draw it:

This is the most commonly used drawing method among carpenters. It mainly uses mathematical definitions to determine the positions of points D and E. After finding these two points, nail them in place. Then find a strong line with a length of the distance AE or DB. Then find a pen to hold the line and make a circular motion. The ellipse is drawn. It is best to do it in one go.

There is also an ellipse rule that carpenters can use to draw ellipses. The disadvantage is that the distance is limited.

If you really need a very precise ellipse, you can draw it on your computer using CAD, print it out to scale, and then stick it on the wood board and trace it. If it's larger than a certain size, you can try piecing together several pieces of paper.

With a pen, a string, two nails and some math, you can draw an ellipse.

Of course, the best way is the first one. With a pen, a line, two nails and some math, you can draw an ellipse.