Folks all across America were focused on the upcoming election in 1952. Even though I hadn’t reached my ninth birthday, my fourth-grade class at the old Duncombe school was getting an education on ...

A speed square can replace a compass for drawing small circles, but a beam compass is the preferred tool for drawing large circles. Attach trammel points to a shop-made beam like a 1x1 piece of wood.

Many do-it-yourself projects require the need to draw large accurate circles, but often times our compass is too small for the job. You can easily overcome that challenge by building your own ...

When you try to draw a circle on paper using a common compass, you are not very smart because you need to pierce the paper with a pointed needle. ' Iris ' is a revolutionary tool that can draw an ...

Take a look The 400-year-old tool looks similar to drafting compasses used today, a photo shows. During the 16th century, the bronze item was likely used for astronomical measurements, geometry ...

Tools of a trade, no doubt ... Image An 18th-century compass, used to draw full-scale on the ground in preparation for construction. Credit...Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times ...

If your circles always end up looking like a deformed eggplant and you don't have a compass nearby, here's a simple trick to drawing a perfect circle with just a pencil and your finger.

Designed to be the “Swiss Army Knife” for geometric measurements the all in one drawing tool combines a ruler, compass, protractor and a golden ratio caliper, into a compact pocket sized tool.