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Originally Posted by
James Pallas
If you use a ruler or tape or such it is a help to move a measurement from one place to another.
About 40 years ago I worked in a silkscreen printing shop. I noticed one of the shop made rulers didn't fully agree with another ruler. They laughed and told me about a slight problem they had many years earlier. Something didn't measure exactly to a customers specification. It really wasn't critical the person was just being difficult.
The owner and the manager took out their tape measures and put them against the standard rule I was using. At certain points they didn't agree. I think the technology of making tape measures and rulers has improved, but most of the time, being a 32nd of an inch off over 10 feet isn't going to be a deal killer.
Originally Posted by
James Pallas
I think you will find lots of patterns hanging on the walls of old shops, less chance of errors.
jim
Besides, why redraw something every time you want to make another?
I even make patterns for circles so I don't have to break out a compass every time. Besides, having a pattern makes it faster to put a radius on a corner than using a compass.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
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