Woodworker's Journal 2008-32-1, страница 8

Dolled-up stool joinery and "Golden" dimensions — lan's over-the-top bookcase from last issue has people talking.

An Eye on the Golden Ratio

Aw. come on, Ian! Although I can't measure accurately from the pictures, doesn't your design ("Wall-Hung Bookcase," October 2007] approximate the Golden Ratio — rather than simply being a "shape" to accommodate cookbooks between two windows? If we approximate the top two areas as 4.5 units and the bottom area as 2.75 units -for a total of 7.25 units — the Golden Ratio would suggest 7.25, yielding 4.5

units and 4.5 units yielding 2.8 units. Aren't we really dealing here with the eye of a master woodworker not allowing himself to build to "bad" proportions, regardless of the space between the windows or the size of cookbooks?

Rich Donahue Huachuca City, Arizona

Isn't Ian Kirby's twin wedged mortise and tenon really a dolled-up, citified version of the split and wedged round tenon used on stool legs or

to hold a handle in a tool head? The principle is the same: one for practical purposes, the other more for decoration.

Ralph E. Shartle Cedar Hill, Texas

Letters continues on page 16

Safety First: Learning how to operate power and hand tools Is essential for developing safe woodworking practices. For purposes of clarity, necessary guards have been removed from equipment shown In our magazine. We in no way recommend using this equipment without safety guards and urge readers to strictly follow manufacturers' Instructions and safety precautions.

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