: Hi,

: I am gearing up for this winter's project, a stripper after reading Nick's
: book cover to cover 20-30 times.(Last year was a S&G, I am hooked!) I
: check the BBS once a day and really enjoy reading the posts, very
: informative! I *am* getting a little loopy with the whole offset table
: thing though. Anyone have any tips for me? I do have a copy of Autocad
: lite, but I am not fluent with Autocad. Maybe there is something that I
: can use in there to help me out.

: Thanks in advance for the help, I will read the offset portion of the book
: again and hopefully I will be able to extract my head from my....

: -Todd
I actually quite enjoyed the lofting process.I managed to purchase 8 1/2 x 11" 1/10" scale graph paper and taped 4 pcs together.I then used semi transparent drafting paper ( I think it's called onion skin ) pinned and layed over top of the graph paper and plotted the points.This way I could use the same graph paper over & over. The only problem I had was securing the drafting paper to the particle board forms but eventually found that the spray contact cement worked well.If you are building the Guillemot make sure you use the corrected offsets ( see the web site )as the first printing had some errors.
Take your time & enjoy !!
Jim