Alberto... Compas

I have been reading the excellent book By Hand And Eye by Jim Tolpin and George R. Walker recently. For those of you who might not have read this yet it "introduces us to the language of pre-industrial artisans" and "how period work is based upon how we relate to our own bodies and the world around us in terms of proportion, ratio, and scale". It really is an interesting read and I encourage people to have a look at it. I was speaking to a friend the other day and she mentioned the "Golden Ratio" and "Fibonacci Numbers" I know from my time in engineering that when something "looks right" it invariably is right. It turns out that since ancient times people have been making use of the "Golden Ration" to design furniture, bridges, buildings so that they are pleasing to the eye. With this in mind, I decided to have a look for some plans to make a Golden Section Gauge. There are many about and some you have to pay for. I found a website where there were already PDFs showing the dimensions required.