Timber Framers Guild Forums General General Forum Questions Layout of a curve on a beam

I'd set it up scaled out. If you can draw in SketchUp or CAD, draw the timber, then draw 6" marks across it. Now draw your curve from the center point. Measure the height at each location along the timber. Print to scale, or write down a sequence of numbers. Transfer to the timber. Connect the dots.



Set the grid distance for as accurate as you feel is needed...