User talk:GardenTom

I have always been amazed by those ridiculously cool parametric tables that are built out of hundreds of slices of wood. It is pretty awesome to think how a flat board can morph into such an organic and fluid-looking shape. I have also been dying to push the boundaries of my new miter saw. Enter the wave table. In tackling the first iteration of this project, I opted to stick to things that I know and things that I can get easily. 2x4s are some of the most common and low-cost materials out there; a perfect candidate for my wild experiments. My most powerful tool though is the knowledge of trigonometry. That's right, trigonometry. Please, stay with me here! It's not going to be that bad... What I have set out to produce here is a project that not only looks neat, but is relatively low-tech, low-cost, and attainable by even the most basic woodworker. I also hope that going through the steps outlined here will leave you, your students, children, friends, or whoever else with a new found appreciation for what a little bit of math can do. I know I would have paid a lot closer attention in class had I seen this! I have been dreaming up this project for some time now, and with the New Year has come a sense of urgency to finally bring it to fruition. I have also not published an Instructable for some time, so I needed to change that as well. I hope that you enjoy. Let's get going, we've got a long math lesson ahead. [Project Video]