4 Part Round Braid - Need Help!

[TwinOaks]

If I'm not mistaken, the circumference of a circle = 2 * Pi(3,14) * r ???

so...2*r = d, yes? and that's what I did......Pi * diameter

But I like Brian's method....it's easier! So, I'll just use that one from now on.

Here's the tutorial for round braid that I usually send people to: http://myriam.dakotabraiding.com/Tutorials/Leash/Leash.html

Step by step picto-tutorial, and you can click each pic to get the instructions that go with the individual pictures.

Also, look up Bernie46 on Youtube - he's a whip maker and shows how to bevel the lace with a homemade lace beveler..which will help the strands lay down correctly.

[Rocknrodeotack]

Thanks so much!

[wlg190861]

To find the circumference of something its simply radius x pi(3.14

[Northmount]

To find the circumference of something its simply radius x pi(3.14

You are half way there.

C = Pi * D

or

C = Pi * 2 * r

I think where estimates for strand widths for braiding are concerned, the 4.5 rule of thumb is likely a better estimate since the strands are not running parallel to the axis, but rather cross the axis on a diagonal.

Tom

[bucksnort]

I think I'll use Brian's method & eat the pi. Buck

[Northmount]

I think I'll use Brian's method & eat the pi. Buck

Where's the like button? Eating pi is the best!

Tom

[Sovran81]

Well that was hard to follow. No offense Brian I have great respect for you and your skills. I have learned a (probably same but) different formula that hasn't failed me yet.

Circumference X 1.5 / number of strands = strand width.

Easy peasy. I measure diameter and use an online calculator http://www.onlineconversion.com/circlesolve.htm to give me circumference(pi is for eating not figuring). From there its a simple math calculation. Any three numbers will give you the fourth. The circumference and 1.5 are standard to that job. Choose width or number of strands and you have the 3 you need to define the fourth. As a math calculation it works with any three as long as 1.5 is your constant.

[KnotHead]

I'm not offended. Whatever works for you. That's always been my thing.

Brian...

Well that was hard to follow. No offense Brian I have great respect for you and your skills. I have learned a (probably same but) different formula that hasn't failed me yet.

Circumference X 1.5 / number of strands = strand width.

Easy peasy. I measure diameter and use an online calculator http://www.onlineconversion.com/circlesolve.htm to give me circumference(pi is for eating not figuring). From there its a simple math calculation. Any three numbers will give you the fourth. The circumference and 1.5 are standard to that job. Choose width or number of strands and you have the 3 you need to define the fourth. As a math calculation it works with any three as long as 1.5 is your constant.

[Sovran81]

No mathematician here. Do the formulas work the same? As a dummy I try to use the easy way out unless extra work nets better results.

[KnotHead]

they'll work the same. only difference is the numbers.