Radius for the G. Benroy

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Radius for the G. Benroy

Postby Boanerges4 » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:05 am

I have the generic benroy plans, and I have a ??? Im not quite sure about the radius figures on page 17 of the plans. I built my home and I have a daughter with a masters in math. but we cant figure this out. The front upper curve is a 19 radius, meaning to measure down and across 19 inches giving you your radius. Now to the hatch end,it says a 48 inch radius but they only measure across 41 9/16 so how can this be? I hope its just an oversight on my part, I would appreciate any help. Thanks :? :roll: :roll:
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Postby mikeschn » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:20 am

If the 48" radius was tangent to the Top AND the Back, then the 41 9/16" dimension would be 48".


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But it's not tangent to the back, hence the 41 9/16" dimension (same as 41.5625")
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I did put a nice little 19" radius to smooth out the corner!!!
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Postby parnold » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:26 am

I don't know the technical jargon, but the back radius is not equal on the corner. If you moved the mark up 48" instead of the 41 9/16 as is recommended, you would not have the rear "flat" section, the entire back would be one big rounded piece.
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Postby parnold » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:26 am

Ha... Mike beat me with the technical jargon!
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Postby Boanerges4 » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:32 am

Thanks guys, I need all the help I can get. Mike ,your over my head when you start the tangent jargon. Im from south Ga. My pie are round. :lol:
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Postby Miriam C. » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:53 am

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Re: Radius

Postby millstone » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:16 pm

Boanerges4 wrote:Thanks guys, I need all the help I can get. Mike ,your over my head when you start the tangent jargon. Im from south Ga. My pie are round. :lol:



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Re: Radius for the G. Benroy

Postby seattlejack » Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:46 pm

I shortened the rear top radius to 47" so my router jig would sit ON the side rather than 1/2 off.
I retained the 41.563" dimension but rounded it off to 41.0" .
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The dowel in the center of the 2x2 was at the junction of the 47" and 41.5" when the arc was cut.
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Re: Radius for the G. Benroy

Postby mikeschn » Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:51 pm

Sounds close enough to me...

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Re: Radius for the G. Benroy

Postby Rick G » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:21 pm

All that math gave me a headache , I grabbed a used 19 inch motorcycle tire and used it as a template to layout the radius for the corners. :)
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Re: Radius for the G. Benroy

Postby KCStudly » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:05 am

Back when I was working on submarines, a machinist boss came to me with a couple of his workers in tow and was trying to calculate the area of a circle. He refused to accept that the area of a circle is Pi x radius^2 (pi r squared), instead thinking that it was Pi x diameter. I was gentle with him, being younger at the time and not wanting to embarrass him in front of his guys (who were clueless to the math). Later he came around to my way of thinking and from that day on all of the machinist on the site started calling me by my new nick name "Piard" (from Pie-are-d).

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Re: Radius for the G. Benroy

Postby Rhino Ray » Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:21 pm

I simply went to Grant at Lilbear http://www.lilbear.teardrops.net/parts.html and he traced it out on the plywood for me. He also does templates. Give him a call. 8)
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Re: Radius for the G. Benroy

Postby markhusbands » Wed Apr 17, 2013 7:03 am

I really liked the Benroy radius but I imagined having to repeat that radius with a router multiple times and sort of chickened out and just did a three foot radius in the back and an 18 inch radius in the front. Looks simple but not unpleasing to my eye. The Benroy actually gives you MORE vertical height on the back hatch before the radius begins.
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Re: Radius for the G. Benroy

Postby Oldragbaggers » Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:54 am

Just as an "aside" (not addressing the technical part of your question) I had cut my pattern out with the 19" radius, and to my eye it seemed a little too severe a curve, so I recut it with a 24" radius and really love the lines of it now.
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Re: Radius for the G. Benroy

Postby Tommy2tone_1999 » Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:26 am

I'm all about simplifying things. For me, more radii mean more margin of error. I simply used a 36" radius that was 12" from the base. Simple.
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