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Re: Full size drawings
By:NPenney
Date: 7/22/1998, 11:25 am
In Response To: Re: CAD for lofting (Mark Kanzler)

Some do. CLC sends this with their plans. Problem is, plotters are only as accurate as the input. And *no* photocopier is perfectly precise, especially the large blueprint copiers. There is also the problem of getting the lines from the paper onto the wood. Oh there are ways, they just aren't easy. Not to mention the thickness of the lines that come with large drawings.

I built my first boat this way, and had to throw it away because of the inherent problems of trying to trace a crudely plotted, multi generational copies distorted drawing onto wood. And try to get it to fair well. In my opinion, battens and tables work far better then wishing upon a photocopier.

> It'd be nice if the kit / plans suppliers had a mini plans package
> that was nothing but the full size forms on two sheet, one for aft
> stations, one for forward stations. Or even one sheet of forms shapes
> like the top of this...

Messages In This Thread

I need graph paper
Matt Weist -- 7/21/1998, 4:06 pm
Re: I need graph paper
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 6:36 pm
CAD for lofting
Karl Kulp -- 7/22/1998, 2:45 am
Re: CAD for lofting
Mark Kanzler -- 7/22/1998, 10:27 am
Re: CAD for lofting
Steve Austin -- 7/23/1998, 8:21 am
Re: CAD for lofting
Karl Kulp -- 7/24/1998, 6:33 pm
Re: CAD for lofting
Nick Schade -- 7/22/1998, 4:59 pm
Re: Full size drawings
NPenney -- 7/22/1998, 11:25 am
Re: Full size drawings
Mark Kanzler -- 7/22/1998, 11:38 am
Re: Full size drawings
NPenney -- 7/22/1998, 3:30 pm
Re: Full size drawings
Mark Kanzler -- 7/22/1998, 5:38 pm
Re: Full size drawings
npenney@erols.com -- 7/22/1998, 7:35 pm
Re: Full size drawings
Bram van der Sluys -- 7/23/1998, 10:40 pm
Re: Full size drawings
Mark Kanzler -- 7/24/1998, 5:46 pm
Re: Full size drawings
NPenney -- 7/24/1998, 7:14 am
Re: Full size drawings
Mark Carroll -- 7/23/1998, 5:40 pm
Re: Full size drawings
NPenney -- 7/24/1998, 6:40 am
Re: Full size drawings
Paul Lund -- 7/24/1998, 10:44 am
Re: I need graph paper
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 4:52 pm
Re: I need graph paper
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 4:31 pm
Re: I need graph paper
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 4:37 pm