spiral frame

woodcarvingjohn1957 · #1 09-29-2010, 09:49 PM

Some time ago i read in a carving book a formula for carving a spiral on plain picture frames to add character and now i can't remember it . I think it was something like rope molding . Like what ever the thickness of the wood was determined the size of the spiral

Claude · #2 09-30-2010, 08:19 AM

You could always go down to Lowes or Home Depot and take a piece of rope, measure it's diameter, and then measure the length it takes for one strand to go completely around. That would give you a ratio...something like for each half inch in diameter, the spiral takes 3 inches to come back around - or whatever the actual measurements. This would give you a ratio to draw your pattern.

Claude

woodcarvingjohn1957 · #3 09-30-2010, 08:42 AM

hadn't thought of that thanks Claude

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