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  • Peter Bernhardt
    16 March 2016 at 11:17 pm #135702

    Really nice. Thanks for sharing. FWIW, I’ve read and recommend Hand and Eye. It really does change the way you view the world and the things you build.

    Greg Merritt
    17 March 2016 at 3:54 am #135721

    Thanks @peterb…hope you found it of some use.

    STEVE MASSIE
    23 April 2016 at 3:32 pm #136623

    Greg, again thank you for your detailed drawings and expanation’s this is very helpful. BTW I have printed out your drawings on other projects and made myself a project book. I am terrible when it comes to drawing freehand, I love your work.

    Steve

    Greg Merritt
    23 April 2016 at 4:31 pm #136629

    Thanks Steve…glad you can get some use out of them.

    So you have created your own “Hillbilly Book of Plates”? LOL

    Stephen Tyrrell
    7 April 2023 at 5:54 am #797391

    Hi Greg

    Your drawing had me completely bamboozled when I made my stool. Fortunately, I was able to succeed by carefully following all of Paul Sellers’ measurements.

    I found this thread in the forums and got some basic understanding of your approach, and I have read By Hand and Eye now. All this means that I have gone down a rabbit hole of proportional design, and having some fun with geometry.

    However, I have one burning question: why do you divide the height of the stool by five? I have seen in the classic orders part of By Hand and Eye that dividing the overall height by five is significant, but why? Why five? And why is it D?

    The “D” in the Doric order in By Hand and Eye is one eighth of the height of the column, which does not seem to directly relate to the overall height. I am confused.

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