Oval table top

3 points define a triangle?! here i always thought it was field goal...

Yeah I think I have it figured out. Now I need to get the truck up and going. Hard to get sheet stock without it.

I didn't know you're going to build the table out of sheetrock?

Hey guys. I think this changes everything.

Well if it does not turn out well is will only me a few bucks. I want to make atlkeast one template out of hard board. Then if the boss approves I will Make it out of either elm or cherry.

Kerry Burton said:

Actually, the method for a circle (maybe not the math, but the geometric construction) is fairly easy to understand. (See http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/geometry/circlefrom3/)

3 points define a triangle, and there's only one circle that can be circumscribed around a given triangle.

As for the others ... well, let's give Al his thread back.

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Fair enough. PM me when you figure out how to generate the rest of the points on the circle using that method and let me know how you did it.

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Doug Shepard said:

Fair enough. PM me when you figure out how to generate the rest of the points on the circle using that method and let me know how you did it.

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3 points??... you're kidding aren't you... LOL
http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com/How_To_Lay_Out_an_Ellipse.html
btw... 36" isn't a very wide table, even for a rectangular. If you go for elliptical, the ends may appear quite elongated and somewhat slender, and the people sitting along the sides closest the end of the table may not have a lot of space in front of them ( ie space between them and the person sitting across the table from them).
I guess that a scale drawing will tell better. I like the shape but it may not be a very efficient design.