Using the Helix circle maker

[@carlabakelaar8912]

I realize I’m way late to this party, but just picked up one of these and your explanation made the most sense, step by step. So thanks!

[@amjPeace]

Now that I'm retired I have time to play around and express my creativity a bit. Thank you for demonstrating this fun tool!

[@maryskorstad2785]

THANK YOU!!!!! Just received mine in the mail and it’s SO NICE to have someone show you how to use it. THANK YOU 😊👩🏻‍🎨👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Kiki-kf7on]

Thank you so much I would have not known how to use without this video🤗

[@cyng8497]

Wow I’ve had one of these for years and never used it for it’s full potential!! This was so helpful! Thank You 😊

[@InaSonnenmoser]

I am so glad that you made the video, Dawn! Why can I only hit the LIKE button once??? Thank you! It opens up the world of Mandalas to many!

[@supersleuth3161]

Yay! Just discovered this and went to look for a tutorial and here it is!!! What a cool nifty thing, thanks! Now to buy one, thanks again...

[@ginakelly11]

I recently purchased this and was looking for a video on how to properly use, thank you. Your tile book is amazing. Glad to find you.

[@penelopefp]

I agree with Ina. Why can I only hit LIKE once? This was an amazing review and demo. You took it to the next level showing so many ways to use it. I'm so excited! THANK YOU! (And how cool that this video is so timelessly helpful!!!)

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carlabakelaar8912]

Agreed, 5 years and here I am 😃. So helpful!

[@virginiaholliday6952]

Wow! Thanks! I was too intimidated by that gizmo to even pick one up and now I see I can't live without it. Really, thanks for taking the time to show this!!!

[@MMGARC]

Dawn, this was unbelievable to watch! In fact, I'm going to watch it again in the morning when I'm ready to take this on myself. You are just AMAZING to watch! I love how you draw. I will probably save all your video's! Thanks for all you do for us!

[@lornawilburn3605]

Awesome video! Thank you Dawn❣️

[@itsapat]

Thank you. I've had this thing for years and didn't know it could do amazing things.

[@devaneecogburn5374]

Thank you so much for helping us to see what all we can do. You opened up a lot of possibilities to us. Love it!! You're awesome!!

[@susanhamilton3212]

It seems you have just sent thousands of people scrabbling through their darkest cupboards in search of the Helix CMs they bought years ago thinking it might come in useful some day ... & perhaps just using the circles as templates ... I put my hand up to all the above & thank you for this remarkable demonstration :)

[@stavies7525]

Amazing work - I've ordered one of these cool tools! Beats a full circle protractor!

[@cathywillis3192]

Thank you so much. I’ve had this forever and didn’t know how to use it.

[@adelinenicholas922]

I just bought one! I bought it before I saw this video!!! Cool!!!I'm terrible at math but I like geometry. I'm high functioning asperger's. Forget spirograph!!!!!

[@deborahpelton7516]

Thank you for solving the Helix mystery for me. Wonderful video.

[@2cents859]

Thank you so much for this tutorial I was not sure how to use it thanks 🙏

[@NCS61]

Thank you sooo much! I had no idea how to use the outside ruler! I threw the packaging away not realizing the instructions were on the back. I got it now and made a circle divided into 7 (days for a bujo spread). Thanks again!

[@AlphaGeminorum1]

Perfect timing. I just discovered the Constructivist movement and have been recreating some of their graphic designs. I have one of those Helix Circle makers already and haven't been using its full potential. Your vid showed me some great ways to make very complicated designs that are actually pretty simple to make!

[@tammyadams7965]

Thank you for this tutorial. I am now going to purchase one.

[@orchidwing1]

What great tool. Thanks for the wonderful demo on how to use the Helix. I got one today and really enjoy using it!

[@helengentile9327]

Thank you very very much for this tutorial❤️

[@languageandhobbies]

Thanks. I was just looking for a demo of the circle maker and got a nice design demo as well.

[@jaystrata.]

i just bought one of these, thanks so much for this tutorial, it will really help

[@chelitaxco]

Thanks Dawn!

[@patriciajones8845]

Thank you so much. This is so helpful. I have been extremely mandala challenged and was about to give up. You have now given me hope! LOL

[@Caramel77788]

I am in the sa.e spot. Compass moves, closes, expands, and stucks. I was wondering if existed a better way. Now, i see too.

[@beverlythomas4119]

I'm so glad you did this video, I've see this tool but didn't know how to use it. Thank you 😎

[@jjk109]

Thanks for the demo. And thanks for mentioning that Hobby Lobby sells these. I bought one today.

[@JaneMetcalfe]

Wow, if I 'd known about this earlier I would've been way more interested in making my own mandalas than I am at present. Much more nifty than a Linux I think they're called.

[@johnibrazzell764]

Tyvm for sharing!!

[@muskndusk]

I've found that putting tiny blobs of Blu-Tack on the bottom of the Helix Circle Maker helps to stabilise it.

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

Good tip thanks

[@lourdesitara8070]

Dawn, I have one of these Helix's (really I have 2, and do not ask Y 2, but I have 2). This is much better than a pointy compass which usually loses its place on the page. There is one more "circle maker" it is simple and little enough to carry in a purse, or in smaller notebook, and it comes in several colors of which I also have more than one. I love making a perfect shape, be it square, rectangle and Yes, circles/ovals too. Lu.

[@cathybrown9268]

Thank you, Dawn. I'm math-impaired, so trying to do mandalas has truly been a challenge.

[@clavely1]

Amazing ! 👍

[@lamzydivey]

Sweet, sweet, sweet. Thanks for showing me how to use this tool. I’ve had one for several years and it’s still in the package because I didn’t know what to do with it. I admire your ability to come up with a diagram right off the top of your head. Thank you

[@KellyTheReiss]

In my opinion, the helix circle maker is better than a compass.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Just an FYI... Michael's still has 50% off coupons. I bought one of these ages ago for just this purpose , but I don't do videos yet. Maybe one day. In the meantime ,I'm glad you made one. Sorta like a spirograph for grown ups. 😊

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

My Michaels didn't have any.

[@pamspillers9741]

Dawn, do you have a video that finishes off the mandala in this video?

[@Patrick_PD2ET]

Always happy to see your videos..Thank you for that Dawn

[@marvinpineda9057]

That is pimp! That couldn’t be anymore useful for undersea navigations. Heck. You’re submerged, following a designated bearing, you start circling possible shaded whereabouts drawing large hashtags calculating the outermost bearings at given distances across your forward heading, as seen from; +2°NM/-2°NL(200’), +8°NM/-8NL(400’)… You’d be a squid in the water!

[@BilliesCraftRoom]

Maybe tape it to your page with washi tape, so it doesn't move n won't rip up your paper. great demo thanks x

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

I have since learned to put a couple of pea sized pieces of my kneaded eraser underneath. Easy to do and can be pulled off and kneaded back into my eraser.

[@DIY4U]

thanke you

[@huckaday]

I do find this tool to be very handy, BUT only if precision ISN'T important. The 4 printed on arrow markings for each 45° of the smaller circle templates are not very well centered. I suspect that there is not great quality control during manufacturing to make sure the painted on 4 little arrows are accuratly centered. Unfortunately, some are off a few mm, so when you line the 4 arrows up to your drawn + guidelines, they are not all properly centered over each other. (Ie for drawing a mandala template, or a bullseye target, etc, the spacing is way off.) I wish I could post a photo, lol because it's hard to explain! Lol I also wish that the arrow/pointer that's on the spinner was extended further out to the outer ring, so you can get a more precise measurement. I actually scratched onto the plastic, a line from the tip of the arrow to extend it further out, so I can see exactly what degree it will be pointing at. Thanks for the video!

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

Absolutely not a very accurate tool, but it is good for me to make approximate divisions. Even if I took accurate drafting tools and drew out a mandala, I almost never am accurate with my pen and they all end up wonky anyway. It just makes my divisions closer than if I had to divide by eye.

[@TheDaisytails]

Cool. Thanks. HUGS

[@cherylbormann3429]

How do you keep the tool to stay put? Also is there a place to mark the center if it does move? Thanks!

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

I use a few small bits of my needed eraser evenly spaced around the bottom. it stcks enough but not so much that it damages the paper. If you need to mark the exact center you can

[@stevemurray6543]

A big thank you. Next time in Hobby Lobby I will get one.

[@amandaokhover7759]

Great thank you!

[@joancosner9606]

thank you so much for this! I want one, so I'm going to Hobby Lobby...yay!

[@awakeandinspire6784]

Beautiful 🥰

[@marshakopeika9671]

I have something like your helix, but I can’t get a pencil in those little holes? Do you think I am using the wrong kind of pencil?

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

@marshakopeika9671 your pencil has to be sharp or you can try a mechanical pencil but that lead is easily broken.

[@blaccaaron5207]

Pretty drawings

[@Destiny-oy5pp]

I just bought one the other day but it seems kinda jammed up. Any tips for it moving as smoothly as yours?

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

Mine sometimes jams too especially on the small inner circle. I found that putting a few tiny bits of blue tack underneath helps raise it just enough off the paper that it spins easier

[@dthomp06]

Do you know where I can find written instructions? I lost the package

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

I dont think there were instructions.

[@tamikay550]

Very cool. Thank you.

[@blaccaaron5207]

I got mine from hobby lobby today.

[@TeaandLaceJournals]

Mine doesn’t seem to want to turn when I put the tip of the pencil in. Did I maybe get a sticky Helix? Or is it user error? Not sure why but it just won’t turn.

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

I have troubles sometimes too especially the holes closest to the middle. I found that if I put a few small pieces of putty evenly spaced all around under the outer ring it seemed to help.

[@TeaandLaceJournals]

@@DrawTangleswithDawn thank you!! Yes, exactly. Especially the holes closest the center:)

[@Pedroluvslupe]

Can you post the link to buy this ruler please

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

its in my amazon shop www.amazon.com/shop/drawtangleswithdawn/list/2WMMELFGNRLY3

[@carolyncoleman9504]

I bought one, question , is it supposed to come apart? 😂

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

@@carolyncoleman9504 no. Mine has never come apart

[@carolyncoleman9504]

@DrawTangleswithDawn thank-you, considering a return.

[@Jenny.McMillan]

Where can I buy one of these

[@bobkeller8383]

I use blue tack to hold it in place

[@shaundodman3122]

Were can I get 1 of these please

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

I have it on my amazon list www.amazon.com/shop/drawtangleswithdawn/list/2WMMELFGNRLY3?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d

[@Adiamtl]

What is the eraser you use called? Tnx

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

@@Adiamtl I like a needed eraser. Any brand. Or I like the white ones that have the fewest eraser crumbs.

[@kaitlynpak4194]

Can you use pens with this

[@0607dell]

Do you know how to use The Geometrigraph Polygraph?

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

Jerry Mc Guire I've never heard of that... So no never used it

[@vivirbrasilenespanol]

Hello!! Excelent work, what kind of eraser is that?

[@RubysLegoLab]

DAWN! can you please do a whole street of feathering EXACTLY like the one in your sketchbook??? It's BEAUTIFUL

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

Which page? The one near the beginning page 2 or the one just at the end of the flip through page 8? They both use the feathering technique

[@xxwoman]

Which section of the store was this in?

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

TheyDontSee it was in the drafting tools section.

[@misterggg9808]

The tool makes sloppy circles. You can see the play on the disc.

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

I am aware it is not a precise tool, just using it as a guide for art. If I was making architectural rendering I wouldn't use it.

[@mandankadarshil863]

Hiii

[@theking-ou8sd]

Como se llama en español??

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

No sorry

[@qtisujin3so134]

It's blurry

[@jmoss55ish]

You do art when you’re in church?

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

Absolutely. It helps to focus my mind and actually listen to the message. Otherwise my mind wanders to all sorts of things and I dont listen at all.

[@byronarnold9630]

er, uh