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I had purchased a new 225 liter (med American oak) barrel. Now that it is almost time to fill it, I need a new barrel stand.
I started first by taking some cardboard and scribing a template of the barrel's curvature, then making a template of the barrel's profile..
To "back up" the template of the barrel's curvature, I employed the high school math that my parents spent so much money on..
1) With a tape measure, I measured the circumference of the barrel at the point where the stand would be,
2) Remembering the old formula (2-Pi-R) I used the formula of ..
Radius = Circumference / Pi / 2. So, the radius of the curve I needed was 89 / 3.14 / 2 (or 11.69 inches)
3) I then made a compass out of a strip of plywood and two screws spaced 11 5/8 inches apart. Scribed the curvature on two pieces of 2X8, and wadayaknow, it was a spot on match to my template.
4) I cut the curvature using a band saw and then used a belt sander to smooth it out and apply a bevel that matched the template of the barrel's profile.
When I got it home, the curve and bevel fit perfectly! Man, some times things just go right..
Here is a picture of the fit (sorry that the picture is so dark)...
I started first by taking some cardboard and scribing a template of the barrel's curvature, then making a template of the barrel's profile..
To "back up" the template of the barrel's curvature, I employed the high school math that my parents spent so much money on..
1) With a tape measure, I measured the circumference of the barrel at the point where the stand would be,
2) Remembering the old formula (2-Pi-R) I used the formula of ..
Radius = Circumference / Pi / 2. So, the radius of the curve I needed was 89 / 3.14 / 2 (or 11.69 inches)
3) I then made a compass out of a strip of plywood and two screws spaced 11 5/8 inches apart. Scribed the curvature on two pieces of 2X8, and wadayaknow, it was a spot on match to my template.
4) I cut the curvature using a band saw and then used a belt sander to smooth it out and apply a bevel that matched the template of the barrel's profile.
When I got it home, the curve and bevel fit perfectly! Man, some times things just go right..
Here is a picture of the fit (sorry that the picture is so dark)...
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