The Construction of Line Conics

Say we are given five lines on a conic. In order to construct more lines on this conic, we will need to construct a projectivity between sets of three collinear points.

Let A, B, C be points on p, and A', B', C' points on p'.
Let Y be a point on the line Y=A'C.
Let X be the point AA'.BY.
Let Z be the point YB'.CC'.
Now, given any point O on p, use X to project it onto the line y. Then use Z to project this new point onto the line p', and call the result of this projection point O'. Our conic is the locus of lines OO', as O becomes each point on the line p:

In order to construct our conic, we needed to construct a projectivity that sent A=p.q to A'=p'.q, B=p.r to B'=p'.r, and C=p.s to C'=p'.s. Because there is only one such projectivity, any construction giving those three correspondences will yield the same projectivity. In particular, this shows that our conic did not depend on our choice of point Y. Our choice of point did affect the particulars of our construction, but it did not affect the projectivity or the conic.

This construction, like all constructions in projective geometry, requires a straightedge only.