Product Review

If you have ever tried to use a standard compass to draw a circle on irregularly shaped or rough items then you know your results can sometimes be mixed at best. Trying to keep the compass centered while making a clearly marked circle can be tough in this situation. The Round, Clear Acrylic Center Finder/Compass solves this issue in a couple of ways. The clear round design of the center finder/compass allows you to see exactly what you are doing and assists you with quick and easy placement. Once you locate the spot that you want to center your circle from, use a push pin or brad nail in the center hole of the center finder/compass to hold it in place. Choose the diameter circle you would like to mark, then using a fine pointed pencil or scoring tool, mark your circle.The black markings are appear clearly on lighter colored surfaces and line up with a different size diameter holes in 1/2" increments. You can layout and draw circles from 1" to 10" in diameter. Making this ideal for wood turners, arts, crafts, school projects, rough and finish carpenters or use it anywhere you need to draw a circle. It makes layout and finding the center on many types of objects easy and truly simplified. Works on wood, plastic, metal, glass, composites and more. It also doubles as a center finder that works exceptionally well on irregularly shaped items like wood logs. When laying out a circle on a log one of the toughest things to do is to find the center or cut just the right amount of wood off to create a "perfect circle". The center finder/compass helps with this by allowing you to lay the disc on to the log and easily identify the largest circle possible on the log. This helps produce maximum yield on logs smaller than 10" in diameter. Made from clear, fully transparent acrylic, the center finder/compass is perfect for many different shop, job site or around the home applications. Wherever you need a circle drawn or need to find center on irregularly shaped items this cent