also known as the golden ratio
the golden portion
and many others


when making some small tables i decided to use this ratio for the
surface area


it is pleasing to the eye


do you ever employ this technique in your work

where or what have you used it on


the next book case i make i plan to do this for the height and width
dimensions


speaking of heights and widths i saw an good old joke from steven
wright

some people are afraid of heights
not me i am afraid of widths

On 2016-06-12, Electric Comet wrote:

also known as the golden ratio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

it is pleasing to the eye

It is? Apparently, my eye is askew.

where or what have you used it on

I've not used it. In fact, never even heard of it until about 2 wks
ago, when my buddy (pro carpenter) came over and happened to mention
it.

Lotta "if's", "maybe's", "claims", and "said to be's". Looks more
like one of those "Paul is dead" guess-a-thons.

nb

On 6/12/2016 12:31 PM, notbob wrote:
On 2016-06-12, Electric Comet wrote:

also known as the golden ratio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

it is pleasing to the eye

It is? Apparently, my eye is askew.

where or what have you used it on

I've not used it. In fact, never even heard of it until about 2 wks
ago, when my buddy (pro carpenter) came over and happened to mention
it.

Lotta "if's", "maybe's", "claims", and "said to be's". Looks more
like one of those "Paul is dead" guess-a-thons.

nb


There is something to it, even in nature
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5985588/15-un...atio-in-nature

No rule says you have to follow it, but generally it is pleasing to the
eye. There are some basic design rules that are used for appearance,
but break the rules properly and you can still have something of beauty.
Its all in how out brain works and how we perceive things.

On 2016-06-12, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

Its all in how out brain works and how we perceive things.

No wonder I'm always wrong.

nb

On Sun, 12 Jun 2016 14:41:55 -0400
Ed Pawlowski wrote:

No rule says you have to follow it, but generally it is pleasing to
the eye. There are some basic design rules that are used for
appearance, but break the rules properly and you can still have
something of beauty. Its all in how out brain works and how we
perceive things.


the ratio is found all over in nature or the work of god or whatever
you like

On Sun, 12 Jun 2016 08:53:23 -0700, Electric Comet
wrote:

also known as the golden ratio
the golden portion
and many others


when making some small tables i decided to use this ratio for the
surface area


it is pleasing to the eye


do you ever employ this technique in your work

If you actually do wood working does anything ever fit together
properly given that your decimal point is missing?

OFWW wrote in
:


If you actually do wood working does anything ever fit together
properly given that your decimal point is missing?


He's fine if he uses fractions, but the slash is also missing.

I guess he could always express everything in 32's of an inch... Like a
standard 64 by 128 by 3072. (Nominal, of course.)

Puckdropper