It’s easy to draw a perfect circle with a compass, but how about if you wanted to make a table that was an elliptical shape. In this video I’ll show you how to make a perfect lips with a string and two nails. You can also use two thumbtacks. By changing the string size or the distance of the nails you can change the ellipse shape. It’s a very simple technique and once you know how to do it you’ll use it a lot.