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Re: Full size drawings
By:Mark Kanzler
Date: 7/22/1998, 11:38 am
In Response To: Re: Full size drawings (NPenney)

You threw the boat away or the plans? I can't imagine a boat THAT bad.

> 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

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