Members rawhider Posted February 24, 2009 Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) Be nice to me (Megabit!!) how do you guys like to figure out how many strings and what width they will be to cover a foundation or a core or what have you? I have gotten pretty good at guessing, but I'd like to know how to calculate the exact measurements. Please no complicated math formulas - my brain can only take so much before it just shuts down. Edited February 24, 2009 by rawhider Quote
Members Esson Posted February 24, 2009 Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 Be nice to me (Megabit!!) how do you guys like to figure out how many strings and what width they will be to cover a foundation or a core or what have you? I have gotten pretty good at guessing, but I'd like to know how to calculate the exact measurements.Please no complicated math formulas - my brain can only take so much before it just shuts down. Hi, well this is my first post as a newbie but I have a similar question as above. I was just told that for example if your doing a 4 thong round braid, each thong is 1/8" wide, that equals 4/8th's or one half inch. So you don't want to go over a 1/2" circumference. To get your circumference (sorry for the math formula but it's easy) Pie=3.14 x the diameter of the core. So if your using a 3/16" piece of core, 3/16" in decimal is .1875 x 3.14 = .589. I was told I can round this down to .5 or half an inch. ANYONE PLEASE CORRECT ME IF THIS IS WRONG. I SHOULDN'T BE SPOUTING OFF MY MOUTH RIGHT NOW AS I AM A NEW BIE BUT THIS IS WHAT I WAS RECENTLY TOLD. IS THIS CORRECT? THANK YOU! Now my question: I'm finding out that if I go the right dia core it looks not so well on the back side of the braid? If I go 1/16" to an 1/8" smaller it actually turns out the pattern that should look the right way on the back? Thanks in advance for any and all advice. Esson Quote
Members megabit Posted February 24, 2009 Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 Be nice to me (Megabit!!) how do you guys like to figure out how many strings and what width they will be to cover a foundation or a core or what have you? I have gotten pretty good at guessing, but I'd like to know how to calculate the exact measurements. Please no complicated math formulas - my brain can only take so much before it just shuts down. Hey on braiding topics I look to you for guidance. Now whiskey might be a different subject. I think B Grant suggest the sum of the widths should equal the radius of the core. I recall most around here suggesting to add a little to that, but I'll try to find the passage in Grant's book tonight. I think Alan may have answered this one before, so you might find it with the search. Quote
Members megabit Posted February 24, 2009 Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 Found the thread. Quote
Members entiendo Posted February 24, 2009 Members Report Posted February 24, 2009 Yes you should add a tad!! I did the 12 plait math and it wasn't enough because my string stretched. Since I wasn't that skilled at the 12 plait I had to do it and then redo it and that took a toll on my string. What a real bummer! As far as number of strings I like to use as thin a string as possible, while keeping my own talent in mind, so I tend to do the math for a couple of different plaits. I'm far from eying it at this point, man I wish!! Quote
Members Esson Posted February 25, 2009 Members Report Posted February 25, 2009 Found the thread. Thank you very much! I'll have to take a while to read it and soak it in now. Appreciate your all your inputs! Esson Quote
Members megabit Posted February 25, 2009 Members Report Posted February 25, 2009 rawhider did this answer your question? or did I answer something else. Quote
Members rawhider Posted February 26, 2009 Author Members Report Posted February 26, 2009 No, that answered my question: stick with winging it, it won't make your head hurt as bad! seriously, I tried the formulas a couple times, and they don't seem to come out the way I like them to look. So I'll just keep on guessing, it seems to do me just fine. Now, about whiskey... Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted February 26, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted February 26, 2009 You mean that some people actually measure and plan? Dang. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members entiendo Posted February 26, 2009 Members Report Posted February 26, 2009 That's just so wrong!!!! *pout* I hate doing the math! How about I post my quirt core and you all tell me what width to cut the string... Quote
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