how do you fix a compass?
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If a "true" mechanical (drafting) drawing compass, it should be adjustable. If just a drugstore el'cheepo, You may (if not changing the setting a lot) use a drop of "lock tight" or "white craft glue" on the pivot, both easy to remove when changing the arc.
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Depends on what type of compass.\nMathematically to make a circle\nThe other one to show direction
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Throw a wrench into there clog wheels and do something different sometimes and see what happens
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Compasses become unreliable near the poles, the converging field lines cause them to swing around in directions that have no bearing on geographical north/south directions .
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Here's the article how to fix it.
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You need 8 markers to form a large circle, marked I,O,X,L,T,E,A,P then the center stake. Carefully position the markers so the bearings on the instruction cards are accurate.\n\nPlace the unlabelled stake in the center of the area which will be used for laying out the course. Attach a string (about 50 ft long) to the center of the stake. Working from the center stake each time, set the compass bearings as indicated on the instruction cards that you have made and walk the required distance. Place the labelled stake in the correct location. Repeat from center stake until all your labelled stakes are positioned correctly.
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If they are too strong to pull apart directly, try sliding them.\n\nIf this doesn't work, find an even stronger magnet and put something between it and the other two first.
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You take one of those compass-like dealios, which are like two sticks joined at a fulcrum. You point one end at the horizon and the other at the object in the sky you are measuring the height of. Then, if angle isn't automatically indicated on your instrument (i.e. you are cheap like me and just use a compass) then you take a protractor to your compass and measure the angle.
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Goring was almost right. Compasses do work there most of the time. The anomolies occur when gas is released from the buried gas hydrates, most often after an undersea landslide (very common off the Mississipi delta). The gas bubbles become electrically charged as they rise through the water and at the point where they emerge there are localised magnetic distubances which cause erratic behaviour in compasses.
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If you are constructing an angle that is equal to another angle, here are the steps.\n\n\n\nOn the original angle, label the vertex v1.\nPut the point of the compass on v1.\n\nSwing an arc that crosses both sides of the angle. Label the points where the arc crosses the sides of the angle a1 and b1.\n\nDraw a straight line where you want to construct your new angle.\n\nMark a point on the line to be the vertex of the angle you are constructing. Label it v2\n\nWithout changing the compass setting put the point of the compass on v2.\n\nSwing an arc that crosses the line and is wider than the angle you want to draw. Label the point where the arc crosses the line a2.\n\nPut the point of the compass at a1.\n\nAdjust the width of the compass so that the pencil is at b1.\n\nWithout changing the compass setting put the point of the compass at point a2.\n\nSwing an arc that crosses the first arc you drew. Label the intersection b2.\n\nDraw a straight line from the b2 to v2.\n\nDone.
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well you can make a pretend display on a real compass, IE when its pointing north make the paper display say whatever direction you want, compasses work by pointing north  http://science.howstuffworks.com/compass1.htm
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Buy a screwdriver, then take out the two screws on the left hand side (when looking at it from the front).
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Your question is a little bit generic. You can draw a lot of "angles and triangles" with a compass.\nThe simplest procedure that comes to my mind is this:\n1) Trace an horizontal segment from a point A to another point B.\n2) Now point your compass in A, with radius equal to AB and trace an arc over the segment.\n3) Then point in B with the same radius and trace another arc. The two arcs will intersect in a third point C.\n4) If now you join A with C and C with B, you have a triangle with all segments and angles equal.\nBe more specific if you need more help.
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Set the compass arc length to over half of the line length.  Scribe and arc from each end of the line.  Draw a line between where the arc's cross that will not only be the middle of the line but the bisecting line will be perpendicular to the line.
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yes - assuming there are no nearby magnetic fields that are stronger than the earth's, or no strongly magnetic materials (such as metal) very close to the compass
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A TAP OF THE PROPER SIZE AND TREAD PITCH IS NEEDED FOR THIS REPAIR.\n\nIF THIS IS NOT AVAILABLE AND THE NUT IS NOT VERY DAMAGED A PART FROM ANOTHER PAINT GUN OF THE SAME MODEL WHICH HAS THREADS  TO FIT THE NUT CAN BE MODIFIED TO MAKE A LOW TECH TAP BY FILING RELIEFS IN THE PIECE WITH A THREE CORNER FILE AT A RIGHT ANGLE ACROSS THE THREADS AT THREE OR FOUR EVENLY SPACED POSITIONS ARROUND THE THREADED PIECE.
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a needle magnet otherwise known as magnetic needle, usually helps one to detect directions. it is just the magnetic compass we often use when one treks out...!