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Re: Agreed
By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 10/6/2003, 12:33 pm
In Response To: Re: Agreed (Chip Sandresky)

: I thought I said that.

: The thread doesn't solve the problem of putting the centerlines in pencil.
: Which, although not required, is nice to have for reference.

I just use the thread to establish the centerlines, then I mark them with a pencil at several points (under the thread) and connect the marks with a 48" straightedge. I re-establish them as necessary as the shaping progresses. The other tool I find handy is a centering tape measure, the type with full scale measurements on one edge and half scale on the other. This is especially handy for finding the center of the wide side of the blade at various points.

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Matt -- 10/3/2003, 2:37 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Chip Sandresky -- 10/3/2003, 3:09 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Erik -- 10/3/2003, 4:56 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Handy -- 10/4/2003, 10:03 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Chip Sandresky -- 10/6/2003, 12:43 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Tom Davies -- 10/3/2003, 9:37 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Matt -- 10/3/2003, 5:30 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
c -- 10/3/2003, 7:01 pm
Centerlines
Brian Nystrom -- 10/3/2003, 3:59 pm
Re: Agreed
Chip Sandresky -- 10/3/2003, 4:06 pm
getting things straight (lines that is)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/8/2003, 5:56 pm
Re: Agreed
Brian Nystrom -- 10/6/2003, 12:33 pm
8'straightedge.
Don Beale -- 10/4/2003, 8:41 pm
Re: Agreed
Kurt Hoffman -- 10/3/2003, 4:30 pm
Re: Chalk Line
Chip Sandresky -- 10/3/2003, 4:59 pm
Re: Chalk Line
Brian Ervin -- 10/6/2003, 10:52 am
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4? *Pic*
c -- 10/3/2003, 2:51 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
c -- 10/3/2003, 2:54 pm
Re: Paddle: How to square a 2x4?
Peter -- 10/3/2003, 3:49 pm
COOL! *NM*
Danny Cox -- 10/3/2003, 5:58 pm
Re: ?Wtha idd oyu ays? 8) *NM*
Steve Frederick -- 10/3/2003, 4:53 pm