I think this will be my last compass. It is 24” from pivot to point and made from 3/4” Brazilian Rosewood. It will swing a 64” circle. It is finished with Danish Oil and then buffed and waxed. This is the prettiest wood I ever worked with and I am very allergic to it so I had a respirator on for every operation but I still did get some bad symptoms from it . All the brass pieces were turned from solid stock and the tip is hardened tool steelI have the need for some big radii some times and made a lot of cardboard templates up to 150” and I grab them for the best fitting one but sometimes they just don't fit right so now I can easily make one up to a 32” radius.I added some process shots below of the steps I use to make one of these. I used my last 12” one to layout the curved arm for this one!Cheers, Jim
I think this will be my last compass. It is 24” from pivot to point and made from 3/4” Brazilian Rosewood. It will swing a 64” circle. It is finished with Danish Oil and then buffed and waxed. This is the prettiest wood I ever worked with and I am very allergic to it so I had a respirator on for every operation but I still did get some bad symptoms from it .
