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1brandonschmidt · 02-13-2008, 01:38 AM

Here is a picture of a tool I made to trace pattern. There's plexiglass in the middle and I put a light underneath. You can see right through the pattern.

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Tor · 02-13-2008, 07:09 AM

Nice. I just use a piece of plexiglass or tempered glass (I happen to have a nice sheet hanging around. Excellent tracing surface), and hold it in front of a light. I think this type of pattern making is better suited to intarsia/marquetry, and computer programs are easier for fretwork, but some may feel otherwise.

Tor

knothead · 02-13-2008, 11:49 AM

Heck, I was looking at the construction of the stand. Either you have a pocket hole machine or you are a very patient person. That won't come apart. Nice job.

Tom

thecopperfish · 02-13-2008, 02:28 PM

Good idea.
Chris

1brandonschmidt · 02-13-2008, 10:00 PM

Yeah,got a pocket hole machine.

1brandonschmidt · 02-13-2008, 10:12 PM

Yeah,got a pocket hole machine.

Pop · 02-14-2008, 01:54 AM

Nice job with the base! Geeze man... I would have made that into a piece of furniture. A piece of frosted plexi on top and you could also use it as a coffee table. I know they're handy. I originally made mine to preview 35 mm slide when I was converting my old 35 mm photos over to 4x6 prints. It nows doubles as a drafting table when I put the green drafting pad on top of it. When I need an area to take close-ups of small items for eBay or to show with the truck, I clamp the enlarger body to it with my digital camera and close up lenses. They're very versatile...

1brandonschmidt · 02-15-2008, 01:51 AM

I thought I made up the design!

02-13-2008, 01:38 AM	#1
1brandonschmidt Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 47	Pattern Trace Light Here is a picture of a tool I made to trace pattern. There's plexiglass in the middle and I put a light underneath. You can see right through the pattern. New 019.jpg __________________ Owner of a HAWK 214

02-13-2008, 07:09 AM	#2
Tor Mad Marqueteur Join Date: May 2007 Location: The "Green Side" in Hawaii Posts: 1,416	Nice. I just use a piece of plexiglass or tempered glass (I happen to have a nice sheet hanging around. Excellent tracing surface), and hold it in front of a light. I think this type of pattern making is better suited to intarsia/marquetry, and computer programs are easier for fretwork, but some may feel otherwise. Tor __________________ I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson Garden Island Marqueteur http://www.fineartmarquetry.com

02-13-2008, 11:49 AM	#3
knothead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 798	Heck, I was looking at the construction of the stand. Either you have a pocket hole machine or you are a very patient person. That won't come apart. Nice job. Tom __________________ Tom ____________________ If you always do what you've always done, You'll always get what you have always gotten.

02-13-2008, 02:28 PM	#4
thecopperfish Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 1,145	Good idea. Chris __________________ What! There's no coffee?!!

02-13-2008, 10:00 PM	#5
1brandonschmidt Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 47	Yeah,got a pocket hole machine. __________________ Owner of a HAWK 214

02-13-2008, 10:12 PM	#6
1brandonschmidt Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 47	Yeah,got a pocket hole machine. __________________ Owner of a HAWK 214

02-15-2008, 01:51 AM	#8
1brandonschmidt Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 47	I thought I made up the design! __________________ Owner of a HAWK 214

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