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Step 8Draw the curve on the wide end
In this step, you will use a piece of string to draw the curve at the wide end.
Cut a length of string that is a bit longer than the "CurveRadius" you calculated in step 4.
Use the pencil to make a mark on the string near one of the ends, leave enough string past the end of the mark so that you can tape it down.
Measure down the length of the string from the first mark you made and make another mark, so that the distance between the two marks is the "CurveRadius" value that you calculated in step 4.
Take one of the ends of the string, and tape it so that the mark is right at one of the "corners" at the wide end of the didge.
Pull the string tight, and bring it over until the other mark on the string lines up with the center line, and then tape that end of the string down so that the mark is directly over the center line. That is the center of the circle that makes up the curve you're going to draw.
Go back to the other end and untape it, and the move the string a little bit towards the center, while keeping the a constant tension on the string. Don't pull so hard that you pull it out from the tape holding it on the other end. Now make a mark on the leather next to the mark on the string.
Move the string towards the center a little bit more, and make another mark.. and keep doing this until you get to the other corner. If you did everything right, the marks that you made go from one corner to the other, and form a circular curve.
Untape the other end of string and discard.
Cut a length of string that is a bit longer than the "CurveRadius" you calculated in step 4.
Use the pencil to make a mark on the string near one of the ends, leave enough string past the end of the mark so that you can tape it down.
Measure down the length of the string from the first mark you made and make another mark, so that the distance between the two marks is the "CurveRadius" value that you calculated in step 4.
Take one of the ends of the string, and tape it so that the mark is right at one of the "corners" at the wide end of the didge.
Pull the string tight, and bring it over until the other mark on the string lines up with the center line, and then tape that end of the string down so that the mark is directly over the center line. That is the center of the circle that makes up the curve you're going to draw.
Go back to the other end and untape it, and the move the string a little bit towards the center, while keeping the a constant tension on the string. Don't pull so hard that you pull it out from the tape holding it on the other end. Now make a mark on the leather next to the mark on the string.
Move the string towards the center a little bit more, and make another mark.. and keep doing this until you get to the other corner. If you did everything right, the marks that you made go from one corner to the other, and form a circular curve.
Untape the other end of string and discard.
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