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Circle Center

By George Vondriska

Quickly find and approximate the center of a narrow board by using your fingers like a marking gauge. Set a pencil in your fingers, allowing one finger to run along the face of the board. Make a line parallel to one face, turn the board over, and make a line parallel to the other face. The center is halfway between these two lines.

This story originally appeared in American Woodworker 171 Tips and Techniques.

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