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Just saw this, and I think this would be the best answer, for me at least. Sure, you’ll still scribe an accurate circle and rough out most of the waste with saws, but once you’re down to a coupla mm left, and want to finish perfectly, I might go this way:
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A fenced compass plane. The radius will be built into the plane, so it’ll be perfect, and the fence will keep you dead square. Make whichever size you require, and it’d be hard to beat.