--A Favorite of Artists and Craftsmen World-Wide--
More Than 3000 IlexOpaca PHI Calipers Have Been Shipped
Enhance Your Craftsmanship with the Golden Ratio
Make Your Project Look Just Right
The Golden Ratio
1.618 to 1.000
or
1.000 to 0.618
With the Comfortable Feel of a Lightweight Solid Wood
Fibonacci Gauge at your Fingertips
THE FIBONACCI GAUGE SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS HOLDS THIS RATIO CONSTANT
Woodworkers, Design your projects like the great builders did, with the Golden Ratio of design at your fingertips. The Golden Ratio (known also as the Golden Mean or Golden Section), occurs almost everywhere in nature and was used by the great ancient builders to create the most pleasing arrangements in architecture and design. The timeless design of the Parthenon in Athens reflects the intrinsic beauty inherent in the use of the Golden Ratio. If you were to inspect a photograph of the Parthenon with the Fibonacci Gauge, you could observe the occurrence of the Golden Ratio throughout the entire range of elements in its structure. This Fibonacci Gauge is made to help you hold your own design elements within the golden ratio of 1 to 1.618 (or, 0.618 to 1). Sized to fit into a pencil case or breast pocket, this weighs one ounce (28 grams), is 7 inches (17.8 cm) long, 1/4 inch (0.6 cm) thick; and spans from 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) to about 11 inches (28 cm) while accurately holding the golden ratio constant, with a margin of error of less than two percent.
Use the Fibonacci Gauge to hold the design elements of your projects...Length, Width, Height, Spacing, etc...in pleasing proportion with each other and the project as a whole. It's not a dimensioning tool, but works great when sketching the rough design of your table, cabinet, bookcase... or any piece you want to build. Start with a component of known dimension and work from that: add other components to your sketch according to their golden proportions to the known, as indicated by the gauge. Once you're satisfied with the sketch, you can then add dimensions, using the actual math ratios (.618 to 1, or 1 to 1.618), to make a working shop drawing. But no need to sweat small fractions...round to the nearest convenient fraction or whole number to make components easy to build. The final result will be an appealing piece with an admirable design.
Made new in my shop using attractive, resilient apple wood and aluminum hardware, this Fibonacci Gauge holds the golden ratio constant across its span, no matter how wide the points of the gauge are spread. It can be used on almost any drawing in any scale... (Or use it with a photograph of a piece of fine furniture you admire to determine its golden design elements... If you want to copy it, just sketch it, dimension it, and go ahead and build it. You never know...you might make an already good design even better!)
Using this instrument is not limited to woodworking. It is useful in virtually all Arts and Crafts, including Beauty and Permanent Make-up (micro-blading). It is a must-have when you want to create and easily sketch out a pleasingly proportioned design. Or use it with pencil and paper, in any scale, to turn your craft idea into a sketch to provide an accurate preview of your project and how you can make it look "just right". Each gauge is carefully crafted, finished, inspected, and precisely adjusted for an accurate rendering of the Golden Ratio. Using this instrument allows you to quickly and accurately sketch out a well proportioned and aesthetically pleasing design based on PHI, the Golden Ratio.
See my other listings for fibonacci gauges of different sizes and made with different attractive hardwoods. Made with high grade wood, each gauge has its own unique, attractive wood-grain appearance. And each is guaranteed to accurately render the golden ratio, with a margin of error less than +/- 2 percent. If you have any questions about this or other items, please ask; thanks for looking, and happy shopping!
SPECIAL OFFER: For Fibonacci fans, I will include, free of
charge, two independent derivations of the Golden Ratio (one geometric, and one
mathematical) with the purchase of two or more Fibonacci gauges from my listings. As always, a quantity shipping discount applies
on all multiple item purchases.
International Buyers – Please Note:
Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.
Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.
Shipping Notice:
As of February, 2016, the US Postal Service has increased the postage rates for domestic and overseas shipments. The current shipping and handling charges of this listing reflect those changes. The shipping discount for the purchase of multiple items remains in effect, commensurate with the new postage rates.
