Hey Nichel,

It's ellipses.  I had not experimented with making videos.  I figured 
some doubting Thomas, or doubting Nichel, would challenge me for 
pictures.  Unlike planes, I didn't think folks would buy an ellipsograph 
sitting on an oval as proof of functionality.  A plane with a mouth full 
of shavings is generally accepted as proof the planing tool works.  (No 
one has yet been caught stuffing shavings into the mouth of a plane.)

So I made a fifteen second test video.  It took 5 - 10 minutes to upload 
to galootcentral.  The download took only a little less time.  And then 
the fifteen second video played back, in like, 15 seconds.

I think a decent video of my ellipsograph would run 5-minutes or more? I 
don't believe Brian would take kindly to me sucking up so much bandwidth 
from his server just to show I can draw an oval with this gadget.  Since 
the video is not likely to be available any time soon, if you send me 
your address and a SASE, I'll send you an original oval or a facsimile 
(depending on demand).

Thanks for your interest,
All in jest,
I am sincerely yours,

Bill W.
Nottingham, PA
Woodworkers visit me at http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/