Full disclosure, I bought one of those flexible curve rulers 5 or 6 years ago and it worked fine for the project I bought it for. Haven't seen it since, but I know it's out there somewhere.
Full disclosure, I bought one of those flexible curve rulers 5 or 6 years ago and it worked fine for the project I bought it for. Haven't seen it since, but I know it's out there somewhere.
Simply scribe the line on a piece of cardboard with a pencil compass.
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Ken
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thanks for the pic! Great idea
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Scribe it with a compass?
Doh -- Lee beat me to it.
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As it has been said before....45 degree cut - done! Not good enuff? OK... Find come soup, coffee, paint or whatever can that might come close to the radius on the truck bed to trace a radius. But really...... how far is the edge of vertical 2x4 from the side of the box bed in the picture you provided? That distance would be about the radius!
Look around the house for anything circular: plates, saucers, pan lids, coffee can lids, jar lids....
Cut a 45* and then cut those 2 points again. You'll be getting pretty close - nothing a disc sander couldn't fix...
Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...
Elementary.
Use a pencil compass to scribe the curve onto a scrap of cardboard, which you can then cutout with scissors to check and refine the fit before transferring it to the workpiece.
"Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're doing."