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Re: Another Picture of... How to copy a hull?
By:Edgar Kleindinst
Date: 10/11/1998, 6:32 pm
In Response To: Re: Picture of... How to copy a hull? (Nick Schade)

> Looks like a good system. To more precisely define the vertical sides, you
> could have some dowels coming horizontally from the side.

I can clamp as many as I need from the sides. I am redoing the sheer to be more rounded so I didn't need to take as much care transferring those points.

> How do yo transfer the measurements to paper?

I made a piece of wood that raises the paper to the height of the dowels. I just lay the jig over the wood and graph paper, line up the centerlines on the graph paper lines and put a dot at each point. Afterwards I draw sheerline and a fair line through all the dots. I used to be into Land Surveying/Civil Engineering (before CAD) so I have a lot of old drafting equipment laying around. It is nice to be using it again.

Messages In This Thread

How to copy a hull?
Fritjof -- 10/2/1998, 11:32 am
here's your 'lazer' survey
Brian C. -- 10/6/1998, 2:22 pm
Re: How to copy a hull?
Paul Jacobson -- 10/4/1998, 2:01 am
Re: How to copy a hull?
Mark Kanzler -- 10/4/1998, 10:30 am
Re: How to copy a hull?
Steve Bradbury -- 10/4/1998, 8:20 am
Re: How to copy a hull?
Mark Kanzler -- 10/4/1998, 10:43 am
Re: How to copy a hull?
Paul Jacobson -- 10/4/1998, 8:38 pm
Re: How to make flat patterns.
Mark Kanzler -- 10/4/1998, 8:55 pm
Re: How to copy a hull?
Mike Scarborough -- 10/4/1998, 7:09 pm
Re: How to copy a hull?
Mark Kanzler -- 10/5/1998, 10:54 am
Re: How to copy a hull?
Jay Babina -- 10/2/1998, 3:33 pm
Re: Picture of... How to copy a hull?
Edgar Kleindinst -- 10/10/1998, 6:52 pm
Re: Picture of... How to copy a hull?
Nick Schade -- 10/11/1998, 10:02 am
Re: Another Picture of... How to copy a hull?
Edgar Kleindinst -- 10/11/1998, 6:32 pm
Re: Another Picture of... How to copy a hull?
Brian C. -- 10/12/1998, 2:14 pm
Re: Another Picture of... How to copy a hull?
Jay Babina -- 10/13/1998, 12:55 am
Re: Another Picture of... How to copy a hull?
Edgar Kleindinst -- 10/12/1998, 1:58 pm
Re: Picture of... How to copy a hull?
Mark Kanzler -- 10/11/1998, 10:43 am
Re: How to copy a hull?
Mike Scarborough -- 10/2/1998, 3:15 pm
Re: How to copy a hull.
Mark Kanzler -- 10/3/1998, 12:46 am
Re: How to copy a hull.
Paul Jacobson -- 10/4/1998, 9:24 pm
Re: How to copy a hull.
Mike Spence -- 10/2/1998, 8:59 pm
Re: How to copy a hull.
Mark Kanzler -- 10/4/1998, 10:54 am
Re: How to copy a hull?
Paul A. Lambert -- 10/3/1998, 12:40 am
Re: How to copy a hull?
Nolan Penney -- 10/5/1998, 6:16 am
Re: How to copy a hull?
Nolan Penney -- 10/3/1998, 12:06 am