TIP: Easy Arc Radius (Intersecting Chords Theorem)

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  • Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
  • Simple tip to find the arc radius of a circle from just a small piece of arc segment. We will be using the intersecting chords theorem to find the radius and diameter given any portion of the circle that we can measure the length and height of. When no other method will work this method always will.
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  • @chessmith5043
    @chessmith5043 6 років тому +10

    GREAT JOB! I'm a retired carpenter still playing with wood- I recentlyI had to make a bird feeder from the remains of the original-the individual wanted it to match as close as possible. It Had a partial arc on a piece which appeared to be smooth, so I needed to figure the radius- so glad I found your explanation- you are a teacher that would have made a difference when i was coming along. Thank you for sharing your gift!

  • @cw9059
    @cw9059 5 років тому +8

    I struggled for the better part of an hour trying to figure out how to calculate radius of a circle using chord. This video allowed me to comprehend and calculate in 6 minutes. Thank you!

    • @michaelgarlick3297
      @michaelgarlick3297 5 місяців тому

      Same! I'm working on a woodworking project where I needed this exact type of calculation, so this was perfect!

  • @dresdenkiller
    @dresdenkiller 3 роки тому +1

    Learnt something more valuable than 10 TED talks put together. Thanks!

  • @imaginationingrained
    @imaginationingrained 5 років тому +1

    Thanks!! I’ve been searching the internet for this exact equation to solve for a very similar issue, and I’ve watched about 15 videos before I found this. I knew it was a simple solution, but because I never took geometry in high school, it was a little over my head until I found this. So, thanks again!!

  • @miguelverdial1701
    @miguelverdial1701 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing! Great explanation, I was looking for this for 2 days....

  • @workshoponwheels4936
    @workshoponwheels4936 7 років тому +7

    Thumbs up for using metric! And still stating the imperial system for those who prefer that. Now I realize why I should have been awake during math classes!

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому

      Workshop on Wheels lol thanks :)

  • @TK42138
    @TK42138 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliantly explained. I've been trying to build wheel arch on a car but needed to know diameter of the circle that forms the arch (chord) so I can cut out steel at correct diameter. Now I know 👍👏

  • @eibhlinniccolla
    @eibhlinniccolla 6 місяців тому

    It's 1 in the morning, and for some reason this problem popped into my head, in the context of drawing curves in sewing patterns from a sketch. Thank you for a concise and informative video.

  • @Makebuildmodify
    @Makebuildmodify 5 років тому +2

    Love it! Using it on my next project!

  • @seanwolfe9321
    @seanwolfe9321 Рік тому

    Thank God for you! I found the formula on a machinist website….WAY more convoluted. This was simple to follow & easy to remember. Thank you!

  • @MemeBiologist
    @MemeBiologist 2 роки тому +1

    thank you. i needed this to find out how big my radius needed to be to trace a circle on sound deadening material 💯

  • @fuckoff5893
    @fuckoff5893 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you, exactly what I was looking for. Well and clearly presented

  • @mramirez0715
    @mramirez0715 7 років тому +2

    I've been watching your videos for a while now. And love what you do. I was helping my daughter with some math homework and low and behold this came in real handy!!!! Thanks for great videos and explanations!!!!

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому

      Manuel Ramirez that's great to hear thank you 😊

  • @rogerdrum5936
    @rogerdrum5936 4 роки тому +2

    I make templates of existing arch top door frames to build custom doors. I always outline the old doors and usually that works. However, using this video I will be able to do this formula and get close and then trim my doors to fit. It’ll save time and materials. Thanks a ton for sharing.

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  4 роки тому

      roger drum glad to be of assistance :)

  • @garlicdoggo6611
    @garlicdoggo6611 2 місяці тому

    amazing trick and amazing explanation, you're an absolute lifesaver

  • @georgemoua7349
    @georgemoua7349 4 роки тому

    I knew there was a way to do this. I knew somewhere in time I had learned about this in high school. Thanks for the help.

  • @garrylove8955
    @garrylove8955 4 роки тому +1

    You're a genius. Thank you! I can finish my project now

  • @alialabasy5618
    @alialabasy5618 3 роки тому

    Dude thanks a lot i have been looking for this for a month now

  • @rickl6697
    @rickl6697 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for posting, this was exactly what I was looking for. 😊

  • @Mitermikeswoodshop
    @Mitermikeswoodshop 7 років тому +4

    i loved geometry in school. thanks for the trip down memory lane....Ray nice explanation for those who don't understand.

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому +8

      +Miter Mike's Woodshop funny that growing up every always said if you want to work in computers you need to be good at math. I've been programming since about 1999 and I use way more math woodworking then I ever have programming.

  • @survival_man7746
    @survival_man7746 4 місяці тому

    Awesome explanation, thank you a lot. I have known website that did all the work for me but knowing the real reason behind why it works I know feel smarter and able to work faster and with less help !

  • @ZeroPucksGiven78
    @ZeroPucksGiven78 4 роки тому

    exactly the problem I needed to solve. Thank you!

  • @timbyers1548
    @timbyers1548 Рік тому

    well done ! so clear and understandable😊

  • @WildmanTech
    @WildmanTech 7 років тому +1

    Thanks for the reminder ! Great work!

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому

      Thanks for watching!

  • @byronc7284
    @byronc7284 6 років тому

    By far the best explained. Just simple math.

  • @bryancose3753
    @bryancose3753 2 роки тому

    Thanks dude! There when I needed it.

  • @westfalcon6279
    @westfalcon6279 Рік тому

    Absolutely brilliant! Thank you ❤❤

  • @JakeJones-mk8hh
    @JakeJones-mk8hh 8 місяців тому

    Great work

  • @OpekiskaWood
    @OpekiskaWood 7 років тому +1

    Excellent tip! Thanks.

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому

      Rick Williams thank you!

  • @samraa2006
    @samraa2006 3 роки тому

    very useful, thanks!

  • @jamesfrazier8652
    @jamesfrazier8652 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks I use your demonstration to build my wooden arches for masonry front doors and fireplaces.

  • @danielcharron4193
    @danielcharron4193 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the formula. I was looking to find the radius with only an arc and chord and no centre of circle. This is exactly what I needed.
    P.S. The metric system is better to deal with. They did a survey and found out that 4 out of 3 people are bad at fractions. (Joke)😄

  • @adamsersen
    @adamsersen 4 роки тому +1

    Im always laying out arches in custom carpentry. I usually resort to an online calculator for this. This is the easiest method I've seen to figure it manually.

  • @ivandrofly
    @ivandrofly 3 роки тому

    thank you so much

  • @danthemakerman
    @danthemakerman 7 років тому +1

    That was easy enough nice job.

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому

      Dan The Maker Man thanks!

  • @ArturoGarzaID
    @ArturoGarzaID 5 років тому

    How would you do something like this for making a saddle like in welding? Is there a calculation that you can do to figure out how to cut the saddle perfectly so it sits on the pipe?

  • @donswords6671
    @donswords6671 3 роки тому +1

    I was trying to recreate a part in Fusion. I had a rectangular widget that had an "arced cut-out" in the top and I was scratching my head on what diameter circle to use to bring it into the drawing to create that exact arc.

  • @littlejeff3227
    @littlejeff3227 2 роки тому

    THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!

  • @ragnar829
    @ragnar829 2 роки тому +2

    thats what i was looking for

  • @devil_destructor
    @devil_destructor 3 роки тому +1

    This can be proven using pythagorean theorem as well. Let's say
    C = The height of arc
    B = The base of the arc
    R = Radius of the circle
    D = diameter of the circle
    Then we can say that,
    R^2 = B^2 + (R-C)^2 (Expand (R-C)^2)
    R^2 = B^2 + R^2 - 2RC + C^2 (cancel R^2 from both sides)
    2RC = B^2 + C^2 (Move C from left to right)
    2R = (B^2 + C^2) / C (Simplify right side)
    D = 2R = B^2/C + C

  • @kennethalbert4653
    @kennethalbert4653 4 роки тому

    Awesome video, excellent explanation. One point I still don't get:
    2:25 what do you mean "give us our actual arc" ?

  • @davidrule1335
    @davidrule1335 2 роки тому

    And how do you pick up the with if the edges are chamfered?

  • @wmwalkerco
    @wmwalkerco 7 років тому +3

    You're a real smart feller!

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому +2

      Wm. Walker Co. you misspelled fart smeller :)

    • @wmwalkerco
      @wmwalkerco 7 років тому +1

      TabLeft Workshop I almost posted that but wasn't sure if that would register! I grew up with that but didn't know if it was colloquial or not!

  • @Mi4mi_joe
    @Mi4mi_joe 3 місяці тому

    I freaking love you.

  • @GuysShop
    @GuysShop 7 років тому +2

    Yes, I remember my Algebra. Thanks for bring up some awful memories. HaHa. Very cool Ray, thanks for the refresher. Could be very useful info.

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому

      GuysWoodshop haha thanks for watching!

  • @baconsoda
    @baconsoda 7 років тому +1

    Very elegant.

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому

      baconsoda thank you!

  • @borisjulinuv2776
    @borisjulinuv2776 2 роки тому

    thank couldn't remember it i was going nut for my replacement part

  • @TheMyeloman
    @TheMyeloman 7 років тому +2

    I'd've done much better in algebra with a teacher with a grasp of the subject like you.
    I kinda geeked out hard on this video, even took notes. I'm ready for the quiz!!!

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому +1

      Tracy Luegge haha nice! Thank you very much :). If you like math tips my first TIP: video was another math related one you might like ua-cam.com/video/8Rg2DT7BOE0/v-deo.html

    • @TheMyeloman
      @TheMyeloman 7 років тому

      TabLeft Workshop I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the TIP tip. 🤣

  • @JimDockrellWatertone
    @JimDockrellWatertone 7 років тому +1

    Thanks...that falls under the "Information I should have retained but failed to" list....lol.

  • @michaelemerson1949
    @michaelemerson1949 Рік тому

    Thanks.

  • @eljunjongay7511
    @eljunjongay7511 2 роки тому

    How do you find an arc of that?

  • @rrrichards1
    @rrrichards1 3 роки тому

    Very helpful, just saved me $200 on an expensive guage that probly wouldnt have worked as good

  • @WarWulf519
    @WarWulf519 6 років тому +1

    I am a cnc operator and programmer. My machine is all sorts of fu ked up. I literally put in the right radius and every once in a while my machine won't do it right. Been a long time since I had to find a radius but tomorrow imma flip out on my foreman and a few other people who claimed I don't know how to do a simple radius. All my programming is correct in autocad. And the machines software.

  • @kanal2123a
    @kanal2123a 4 роки тому +2

    I'm trying to make a telescope :D

  • @MarcelDiane
    @MarcelDiane 7 років тому +1

    Holy carp! Get out of town.
    I usually break out AutoCAD to figure out stuff like this.

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому

      Marcel Hebert it's funny that when I was in school they always said that if I was gonna work with computers I had to be good at math... I've been a professional software Engineer most of my adult life and never need more than basic algebra, but for making things I use geometry and trig all the time. They need to start teaching those as part of shop class not math class

    • @MarcelDiane
      @MarcelDiane 7 років тому

      Funny, I learned programing the Motorola 6809 in hexadecimal and binary and never used trigonometry or geometry either.

  • @sgsax
    @sgsax 7 років тому +1

    Yay math!

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому

      Seth Galitzer every once in awhile it comes in handy :)

  • @BHARGAV_GAJJAR
    @BHARGAV_GAJJAR 3 роки тому

    I did the same but in a cave in Afghanistan with no tools well even better Archimedes solved the circumscribed sphere in a cylinder in sand

  • @Winklepicker84
    @Winklepicker84 2 роки тому +1

    Heighth…

  • @carbscustoms
    @carbscustoms 7 років тому +1

    huh?

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  7 років тому +1

      Emilio Carbajal wha?!?

  • @theeye5844
    @theeye5844 9 днів тому

    😘

  • @davidburns1753
    @davidburns1753 5 років тому

    I cannot find anyone to help me solve what I think must be simple for smarter people that me. I am just barely smart enough to look for answers. Let me try to ask my question without the benefit of pen and paper. Imagine that you know the width (chord) of an arc and you know amount of rise or deflection you want to achieve over that length ... let's say one foot.
    Is there no way to make a measurement, or many of them over the length of the chord to measured points along that chord thus defining the desired arc?
    If This makes no sense, forgive me. I can see clearly in my own mind what I am asking, however, that does not mean that others can understand what I want to know. If anyone can help, it will be much appreciated. Likely the answer is simple and I should know it, but guess what ... I don't. One more item ... you may wonder why I do not get a string, a nail and a pencil and do a trial and error method ... that would work, but not with the amount of space available in this and in many circumstances which I come across. HELP!!! PLEASE!!!

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  5 років тому +1

      David Burns well given the the chord length (width) and rise (deflection) the intersecting chord formula presented here will give you the pivot point needed to define the arc with a compass or divider. I feel like I’m probably mid understanding the issue though.

    • @davidburns1753
      @davidburns1753 5 років тому

      @@TabLeft Yes, I do think you are missing my point, but I thank you for the description. My situation is one of limited space ... translating a paper derived formula to a real world setting still leaves me in a bad spot. In fact, I have solved this problem by making reasonable assumptions and deciding what looks right in the case of a radius on a gate top. I could go out into the parking lot and do this in real time/space, however, getting it to look good and not being 'persnikative' as to the exact radius worked fine for my eyes and that of my client. Thanks for trying ... that's the key to keep moving forward, even if only in fits and starts.

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  5 років тому

      David Burns ahh yeah for larger things we don’t usually scribe arc in the traditional way. Generally you place a nail at each end of the length and one at the top center and with a flexible ruler or thin strip of wood bend it over the middle top nail and under the two side nails. It won’t be a 100% perfect circle segment but it’s a good approximation that looks good and gets used a lot in fencing, carpentry, and furniture making etc.

    • @davidburns1753
      @davidburns1753 5 років тому +1

      @@TabLeft Yes, yes, yes ... you describe several good options and I had done something of that sort already. I took a roll of painters tape and pulled out an arc on top of my 4' x 8' table, something which felt good, then I massaged it a bit, finding a look that pleased my eye, sent a photo to my client and got a hasty approval. I still wonder if there is not a formula for describing an arc from a chord, but one may need more information than just two elements for it to work. Again, thanks for the help, we now have a gate arc to fabricate and in a few days, maybe weeks, that build process will start showing up on UA-cam.

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  5 років тому

      David Burns like the man says if it looks straight it is straight :)

  • @mikeschumacher9715
    @mikeschumacher9715 3 роки тому

    MM really?

    • @TabLeft
      @TabLeft  3 роки тому

      The units are effectively meaningless in the formula the math would still work in light years. also ffs learn metric anyone that can’t work fluidly in any unit is severely nerfing themselves.

  • @scottwilson9775
    @scottwilson9775 4 роки тому +1

    Tableft Workshop I will correct the fact that you said "heith" instead of height, as a non criticism correction for future.

  • @kshepard52
    @kshepard52 Рік тому

    1. The explanation was too fast!
    2. All that explaining and never got an answer!!!!