The other day I needed to cut a piece of wood into a specific shape (which happened to be a large oval). I didn't have anything that was the exact shape I could trace on the wood. I had drawn the shape to scale on my computer, but how to transfer that image onto the wood? In the end I painstkingly drew a grid, and copied the pattern on that way. The result wasn't as accurate as I would have liked, but with a bit of patience and a lot of sanding I got something that looked pretty good.
In any case, I'm thinking that there has to be a better way. Any ideas?
John