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Re: Putting plans to wood.looking for ideas
By:Gary Ross
Date: 10/30/2000, 1:12 pm
In Response To: Re: Putting plans to wood.looking for ideas (Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats))

: I provide full size templates with my plans, the way i reccommend transfering
: them to the wood is by just laying the plans on the plywood and using a
: nail or icepick to punch through the paper to leave a mark in the wood
: every inch or so for your forms and connect the marks with a pencil. You
: can do it free hand if you want or take a thin strip of good quality wood
: and bend it around and trace the curve.

: If you have enough paper, you can just glue the paper templates to the
: plywood and cut on the lines.

I used Quick Cad a $29.00 cad program entered all the numbrers for each 1/2 form,did a copy function with a paste in reverse or flip to get the other side of the form, printed enough copys on a large size printer. I then spray adhesived the full sheet to each form board and cut on the proper colored line with the $99.00 ProTec bandsaw from Menards. My First stripper. I may glass this weekend.

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Putting plans to wood.looking for ideas
Todd -- 10/29/2000, 8:24 am
Thanks for the help. I got wood!
Todd -- 10/30/2000, 7:26 pm
Re: Putting plans to wood.looking for ideas
Jason Given -- 10/30/2000, 3:20 pm
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Eric Schade (Shearwater Boats) -- 10/29/2000, 3:31 pm
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Gary Ross -- 10/30/2000, 1:12 pm
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Roger Nuffer -- 10/29/2000, 11:56 am
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Mike Scarborough -- 10/29/2000, 1:21 pm
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Ross Leidy -- 10/29/2000, 10:09 am