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Instant Compass Ruler

Make a compass from a piece of cardboard

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/instant-compass-ruler • Posted by From Scratch Indonesia (Craft)

Easy instant functional paper compass that you can make in minutes!

You will need

Project Budget
Free

Time

0 h 10

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

Easy instant functional paper compass that you can make in minutes!

Instructions

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    We will need a piece of carton paper or card stock (I cut mine from a cereal carton box), a ruler, a sewing pin, a toothpick and 2 pens/pencils.

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    Make a rectangle out of your carton paper. Mark points with an interval of 10mm in between and poke through the dots with a sewing pin. Enlarge the holes with a toothpick.

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    And that's it, we are done! Let’s try it out. Take out 2 pens and decide how big you want your circle to be. The distance between the 2 pens is half the diameter of the circle. Image: The distance between the 2 pens is 30mm so we will have a 60mm wide circle.

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    One pen will serve as the pivot (this one does not move) and the other one will be the drawer. Have a try!

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    A circle is drawn!