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The Compass

It is a tool very used for technical drawing, it allows you to draw circles with precision. They are usually made

out of metal or plastic. It has two arms joined by an adjustable hinge.

How is it used?
Handle

1. Grab the compass by the handle.

2. Place the needle tip in the center of Endless

screw
the paper or where you wnat to draw

the circle.
Rigid

Articulated
3. Adjust the endless screw to the arms

distance you need to create the circle.
Groove for

accessories
4. Now without taking off the needle

of the paper, lean the compass so the

pencil tip touch the paper and start Needle tip

drawing the circle until you finish. Pencil’s
Tip

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