Knowing Right from Left
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This is a basic question, but I have not found any authority or discussion on it. Is there a standard in woodworking for determining Right or Left? Is it from the worker’s perspective, or from the perspective of the product, or, in this case, the clock?
I am enjoying the project and have learned much.
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I’ve always used my perspective, from the front. Critical thing would seem to be doing it the same every time, whichever you choose.
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Plan and working perspective is typically “as viewed”. Plans tend to revolve about a series of views/elevations.
Front view = front elevation
Side view = left or right elevation
Rear view – rear elevation
Top view = plan view
This tends to translate into all views taken from an audience perspective relative to the work piece or project.
Richard,
I agree with Gary, typically plans describe the right side as “right as viewed from the front”. Interestingly, it becomes confusing to those of us in the field of medicine, where the human body is described from the subject (patient’s) perspective, not the observer’s perspective.
Mike
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