How to Draw a Perfect Oval Any Size

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  • Опубликовано: 30 апр 2010
  • How to Draw an Oval Any Size. Ellipse
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  • @jeffmcgurty4507
    @jeffmcgurty4507 2 года назад +8

    Blown away by how simple but accurate this is!

  • @user-ej6br3xo4u
    @user-ej6br3xo4u Год назад +2

    Hats off to you and your father, Scotty. You helped us overcome an obstacle so we can complete a project. Thank you.

  • @jeffacallaway
    @jeffacallaway 5 лет назад +4

    This method definitely works. It took me a few minutes to figure it out because I couldn't really see the string, the oval, or how he tied it up, but once I figured out you make a triangle and just remove the top point, it worked like a dream. Tried it on a small board for practice, will now use it for a 6'x9' oval flower bed in the front yard. Good tip.

  • @andymarshall7165
    @andymarshall7165 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you thank thank you. Been a woodworker for going on 30 years and this is the easiest oval I have ever seen. I wish I had this in my pocket when I was younger.

  • @AdamRJohnson
    @AdamRJohnson 11 лет назад +9

    Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge! Without people who are thoughtful enough to share like this I would have done so much the hard way. Now off to make my oval/elipse!

  • @trueleyes
    @trueleyes 6 лет назад +4

    You know I just got done watching 5 videos showing how to draw an ellipse with a compas and I love math especially geometry. BUT, I just stumbled onto your video which I do have listed on my favorites list and I remembered you right off the bat when I saw you come up next on the showings. Every day and all day long give me that good ol' country boy and they will cut through all the garbage and show you things that we all walk away saying to ourselves: "Did you see that? How in the heck did he do that?" As I was watching these other drawing videos of ellipses I was thinking of the guy (you) that showed me how it is done with some nails and a string, no matter what the size. And there you were. I will never forget you for that very good peace of simple down home commonsense problem solving methods. BRAVO to you Sir.

  • @xxSorshaxx
    @xxSorshaxx 6 лет назад +1

    you are the ONLY person on RUclips that specifies how to use specific measurements which is what I need to use so thank you very much for the re-education of something I used years ago, but forgot how to do it!

  • @onanpineda2937
    @onanpineda2937 3 года назад +8

    Truly impressive way to draw an oval. All these years and never thought it could be that easy. Thank you for the lesson!

  • @jeffguzzetta4228
    @jeffguzzetta4228 3 года назад +4

    Awesome tutorial!!!! I’ve been searching EVERYWHERE for LARGE oval templates and was stumped! Everyone seems to think 8”x10” is large!!!! Thank you!!! You saved me $$$ and time!

  • @hollymorgan4792
    @hollymorgan4792 8 лет назад +19

    Thank you; did the trick nicely. If I was to reshoot this video, though, I'd use a felt-tip pen so the oval would be visible to viewers.

  • @BeingRomans829ed
    @BeingRomans829ed 6 лет назад

    Pretty dang cool trick. Neat how measuring your half-lengths from the top nail gives you the correct length string to make the oval of the correct dimensions.

  • @777DSP777
    @777DSP777 8 лет назад +4

    That's an amazing piece of folk engineering!

  • @SOAHCSOAHCSOAHC
    @SOAHCSOAHCSOAHC 7 лет назад +1

    Thanks for laying out the steps! I knew the two nails and string trick, but I couldn't figure out how to get the exact dimensions I wanted.

  • @tiarni5463
    @tiarni5463 Год назад

    Legend. Thank you. 45 years and never knew this trick! Works great

  • @PainterLynn
    @PainterLynn 9 лет назад +4

    Thanks! You just helped me with a mural!

  • @emilyfergus9802
    @emilyfergus9802 Год назад +2

    Thank you so much for this - really helpful, and it worked beautifully, so now I have a perfect large template for a glass top for a table!😃

  • @jeremyhowell101
    @jeremyhowell101 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for your video Scotty! That was way easier than all of the other videos I had watched on making an oval for my diy project. 👍🏻

  • @chuckflagg2683
    @chuckflagg2683 2 года назад +1

    Just what I needed to finish up my project. Great job of explaining the process!! 😎👍🏻

  •  7 лет назад +1

    thank you so much. i was trying to layout an oval 24" by 60" today to make a template and i just couldn't get it to look like a geometrically correct oval. thanks to you now i know how.

  • @alphakjc316
    @alphakjc316 7 месяцев назад

    thank you for sharing Sir, so simple and easy tutorial, i can do many ovals now for my projects❤❤❤❤

  • @Payneduplex
    @Payneduplex 10 месяцев назад

    Man is quite clearly a genius. Thanks from the UK.

  • @decksranred4183
    @decksranred4183 3 месяца назад

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I am making papier mache frames and my ovals were coming out pretty bad. Now I can do it!

  • @ecrusch
    @ecrusch 9 лет назад +2

    Thanks Scotty.
    That helped a lot.

  • @waynesmith4612
    @waynesmith4612 4 года назад

    Thankyou, one of the good things about the internet, you can learn how to do something in just a few minutes. Thankyou for taking the time to share that. Now I have the perfect oval..

  • @LisaCunninghamLieveEnterprises

    Love this! TY. You make this so simple!

  • @Mosey410
    @Mosey410 7 лет назад +1

    Thanks a lot,I had the diagram of that technique from a sign painter but he failed to explain it,this will make life a lot easier.

  • @sunnywieler9994
    @sunnywieler9994 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you to you and your daddy. Just saved me a lot of time. Will have to remember this one. Just had to draw a 30ft oval :)

  • @johnmonasterial2037
    @johnmonasterial2037 2 года назад

    Wow! That was short and easy. Thank you Sir for sharing that to us! I was wondering how to do it..I was so complex until I saw this video.

  • @vickikgibson9470
    @vickikgibson9470 8 лет назад +1

    Now that is a nifty trick, and one I can use in my studio to make template ovals....yeah!!!!! Thanks I will keep this informations...your Dad rocked!!!!!:)

  • @LESGEORGES24
    @LESGEORGES24 2 года назад

    Thank you for sharing your little smart tricks !🤗🤗

  • @wv838
    @wv838 11 лет назад

    What a really handy trick! Thanks for sharing that.

  • @MrGamecatCanaveral
    @MrGamecatCanaveral 13 лет назад +1

    thank you sir!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have been stressing out on how to cut a curved frame and i think this is the answer.

  • @lauraderby5827
    @lauraderby5827 Год назад

    Thanks so much for sharing this. So easy. Well done your dad xx

  • @helenkrieger191
    @helenkrieger191 Год назад

    Very neat- if you do something like this again, please use a colored string or substrate for visual contrast. Thanks

  • @dunkingsteven6781
    @dunkingsteven6781 2 года назад

    Thanks for this instructional video!👍😎

  • @SpookyEmmm
    @SpookyEmmm Год назад

    Ah!! This is wonderful!! Thank you so much!!

  • @MuseDuCafe
    @MuseDuCafe 13 лет назад

    THANK YOU for the information.
    Elegant simplicity; and I never would have thunk that up :-)

  • @SNL19067
    @SNL19067 Год назад

    Excellent...thanks for posting!

  • @RemodelingHQ
    @RemodelingHQ 5 лет назад

    great instructional video.... fast and to the point

  • @jagoehring
    @jagoehring 5 лет назад

    THANK YOU! This is JUST what I needed! Whew. I thought it would be much more complicated than that. LOL! :)

  • @BlindManBert
    @BlindManBert 5 лет назад +2

    Not only is that an oval, it’s actually an ellipse (a very specific type of oval)!! Brilliantly and quickly drawn; with great accuracy I might add. The key is that the length of the string is fairly constant (ignoring a bit of inevitable stretch; use solid core wire if you need greater accuracy!). Since the string length is constant, the sum of the distances from both foci (the fixed nail locations) to the edge of the ellipse is constant.
    That constant sum forms one of several mathematical definitions of an ellipse, in fact!
    See:

  • @MinionRocks
    @MinionRocks 9 лет назад

    Thank you Scotty. Helped me out with a custom chandelier! One note - Try to use string with the least amount of stretch you can get. Also, using uneven tension on your pencil while marking, can throw your dimensions off slightly. Depends on how picky you are with your dims. Great trick though!

  • @B1663R
    @B1663R Год назад

    Thanks i almost was going to buy a compass (math is hard). Appreciate your tutorial :)

  • @mitchelchandler3381
    @mitchelchandler3381 6 лет назад +1

    Wow thanks so much it was really helpful! 👍

  • @julesjaay822
    @julesjaay822 3 года назад

    Now I can design my new table top. Thank you!

  • @redclay2244
    @redclay2244 8 лет назад +18

    Oh no ! I cannot see the drawing it was to bright to see.

  • @ThomasIronworks
    @ThomasIronworks 12 лет назад

    Thanks for sharing that with us.

  • @alecjames6476
    @alecjames6476 2 года назад

    absolutely brilliant

  • @NikPearson
    @NikPearson 12 лет назад

    this was so helpful thank you very much! :)

  • @tomasiooo
    @tomasiooo 10 лет назад +12

    great trick, thx for sharing. Funny thing is, that I neither see the cord nor the line you drawn. To cite a famous Queen song: "It's a kind of magic” ;)

  • @stepheneurosailor1623
    @stepheneurosailor1623 2 года назад

    Very well demonstrated.

  • @emilymiller2986
    @emilymiller2986 4 года назад

    Thank you so much! Very helpful!! : D

  • @cdrachancleta
    @cdrachancleta 7 лет назад

    That was neat!

  • @marcibb3167
    @marcibb3167 12 лет назад

    Nicely done. Thank you

  • @jfizzle1715
    @jfizzle1715 4 года назад

    Great idea, thanks.

  • @supernatural0948
    @supernatural0948 5 лет назад

    Thank you! but i have an question i need an oval the size of 21x 8 1/4"x7"

  • @flybuyfilms
    @flybuyfilms 12 лет назад

    Great trick. Now here is a question on my task I am trying to do. I have a straight bar I am bending into a expanding oval. From the center mark of the board I am cutting it starts 8 inches to the right 4" down, 9" to the left and 5" up. Now it expands 4" right and left and 2" down and up. How do you draw this and make nice smooth arks.

  • @georgevarghese238
    @georgevarghese238 2 года назад

    Truly impressive, Thanks

  • @SucceedingInFinTech
    @SucceedingInFinTech Год назад

    Magic. :-) Thanks!!!

  • @stevenduncan4713
    @stevenduncan4713 2 года назад

    Thank you ever so much for this!

  • @JackCamino
    @JackCamino 12 лет назад

    Thanks for posting!!

  • @constantmtn
    @constantmtn 6 лет назад +2

    The 21" was the Hypotenuse, so half your width is actually 23.7" giving you a total width of 47.4". Should have measured 21" from the center point out.

  • @olywheelers
    @olywheelers 11 лет назад

    Thanks so much! It really worked!! :)

  • @markkinsella3723
    @markkinsella3723 4 года назад

    That was cool, thanks!

  • @rickfromrichmond7067
    @rickfromrichmond7067 8 лет назад +2

    would be nice if he help up the board so we could see the finished oval.

  • @rotemritov8688
    @rotemritov8688 9 лет назад

    thanks a lot!!! it went perfect :-)

  • @warbey1978
    @warbey1978 2 месяца назад

    Worked great

  • @5280ryan
    @5280ryan Год назад

    This is why we need the lightning network at massive adoption....so I could send this guy $5 for helping me out! Thank you!

  • @ovidiutosa589
    @ovidiutosa589 Год назад

    Very good . Thank you

  • @dannyvillegas5969
    @dannyvillegas5969 3 года назад

    Thanks for the trick 👍🏻

  • @ichi1977
    @ichi1977 12 лет назад

    great expanation thank you

  • @jamierenfert8358
    @jamierenfert8358 5 месяцев назад

    Brilliant!

  • @cooperrat
    @cooperrat 12 лет назад

    this is so sick, i wanted to do it on paper but im going to attempt it anyway. wish you used a different coloured string though

  • @codyandkassi
    @codyandkassi 13 лет назад

    Thank you!

  • @moniquemarie333
    @moniquemarie333 13 лет назад

    Thank you so very much......You are awesome

  • @ricktbdgc
    @ricktbdgc 13 лет назад

    @iamzid oops your right i guess it does make a 42*22 oval

  • @JWPGuitarPickups
    @JWPGuitarPickups 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you !!!

  • @Bobcat1950
    @Bobcat1950 10 лет назад

    Great! Show us more.

  • @CHURCHADJUSTER
    @CHURCHADJUSTER 8 лет назад +6

    Nice Video up until you started drawing the oval. I could not tell what you were doing because I could not see the string. Should have used dark string maybe?

  • @SuperPhilthyrich
    @SuperPhilthyrich 8 лет назад

    Nice! Thanks!

  • @janicejanice6206
    @janicejanice6206 2 года назад

    How would you use this technology to draw an oval on paper. Any idea on how to create the fixed points on paper? I'll probably figure it out before anyone sees this. The video was helpful and makes an oval so simplistic.

    • @janicejanice6206
      @janicejanice6206 2 года назад +1

      Push pins in cardboard to create a template to transfer to paper. Thanks I figured it out 🙂

  • @terrymelenchuk7639
    @terrymelenchuk7639 3 года назад

    Great job

  • @dobwatches
    @dobwatches 13 лет назад

    THANK YOU!!!

  • @ryanbeard1119
    @ryanbeard1119 2 года назад

    When is verita tool gonna make an ajustable, 6 foot long elipse tool with center pencil hole, and slifing, locking screw, with ajustments every 1/64, on each side

  • @butta781
    @butta781 5 лет назад

    I got lost when you took the nails out, how do we follow the sting when the sting isnt attached?? .. would help if we could see what's being drawn.

    • @supreemmdb2
      @supreemmdb2 4 года назад

      Only 1 nail is removed, not all 3.

  • @christopherbristow5957
    @christopherbristow5957 10 месяцев назад

    Haven't tried it yet, but I am a bit confused... Doesn't the string go further than the nail and therefore isn't it "longer" than 42 inches? Maybe I am missing something?

  • @redpetal01
    @redpetal01 13 лет назад +1

    Nice! :D

  • @SuperMan-xy8ui
    @SuperMan-xy8ui 7 лет назад

    Great effort! Use of a colored string and a Sharpie would have been a much better visual for viewers. A white string and piece of chalk on a black background would have worked, too.

  • @ChristyRubio
    @ChristyRubio 10 лет назад

    Thanks!!!

  • @MikeAllred0
    @MikeAllred0 11 лет назад

    Great video

  • @barbarasamual6142
    @barbarasamual6142 5 лет назад

    Really Great. Unfortunately, I'm trying to draw an oval on a window which I have leaded.
    Great trick though.

    • @supreemmdb2
      @supreemmdb2 4 года назад

      Maybe improvise with sticker hooks?

  • @NeccoWecco
    @NeccoWecco 11 лет назад

    Thank you:)

  • @user-yt9sh7rw5o
    @user-yt9sh7rw5o 6 месяцев назад

    It would be easier to see on video if you did it with a darker colored piece of string and used a darker pen/marker to draw with. It is hard to see in this video because of the colors.

  • @ad846
    @ad846 4 года назад

    Many thanks !!! :-))))))))

  • @ramuchauhan902
    @ramuchauhan902 2 года назад

    Super

  • @patriciaingraldi4719
    @patriciaingraldi4719 Год назад

    Thank you so much

  • @Espligo
    @Espligo 11 лет назад +1

    I'm going outside to try this now and if it works, I just might have to swear!

  • @andyedge7912
    @andyedge7912 8 лет назад

    Nice !

  • @MrJackandEmily
    @MrJackandEmily 10 лет назад

    Brilliant

  • @MrHuntsss
    @MrHuntsss 12 лет назад

    thumbs up for the cars in the background