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 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 08:53:23 -0700, Electric Comet
<[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> 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
On 2016-06-12, Electric Comet <[email protected]> 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 2016-06-12, Ed Pawlowski <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 6/12/2016 12:31 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2016-06-12, Electric Comet <[email protected]> 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-uncanny-examples-of-the-golden-ratio-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.