Many do-it-yourself projects require the need to draw large accurate circles, but often times our compass is too small for the job. You can easily overcome that challenge by building your own compass ...

Ken Nakagaki‘s Comppass takes brings an age old design tool into the modern era. “The initial idea came from simple curiosity. How would it feel to draw a square with a compass?” Nakagaki told Dezeen.

If you don’t have a compass on hand and need to draw a large circle, you can turn a few scrap pieces into a beam compass. A speed square can replace a compass for drawing small circles, but a beam ...