Drawings for the group?
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15 February 2014 at 9:50 am #27874
Thanks Greg that look great I have used several of your previous drawings as build aids. Do you intend to produce the drawings to scale I found it handy when making the plane to be able to take measurements straight off the drawing for any dimensions you had not shown.
15 February 2014 at 2:27 pm #27879David…maybe…scaled drawings can be tricky. Most everyone will only have easy access to a standard letter size printer. Printers and software vary widely as to how they handle image scale. I know several ways around it though and if there is an element that can only be conveyed by a full scale pattern drawing then that should be something that I could do.
I’ve been going over all of the past projects and have found that a lot of what Paul is showing us is really very fluid. The plane is a good example. None of the dimensions or angles are all that critical. Make the block to fit your blade width, shape the block then grind your blade to match the profile. When we are first learning we want exact measurements, it feels safer somehow. In the long run, the exact measurements may limit our growth as craftsman.
16 February 2014 at 2:04 pm #27920Greg, that is outstanding. Very professional looking and with all the pertinent information. Nicely done.
16 February 2014 at 7:06 pm #27929Greg, I agree with your last comment completely. Drawings are a wonderful way to give an overview of dimensions, but more often than not they can end up hurting a beginner in their growth. It’s easy to get obsessed with making a piece to its exact dimensions, especially when you’re working with power tools on a production basis (which I did for a couple years). The beauty of hand tool work is that none of that is set in stone, and as long as the tenon fits the mortise snugly, and the piece is easy on the eye, then it’s a success. It’s actually very liberating to let go of exact dimensions- and that’s something Paul regularly espouses.
That being said, drawings are a very helpful tool to give the overall look of a piece, but I like to think of them as a starting point that the craftsman/artist builds upon with their own voice. (Can you tell I’m an artist by trade? That sounds a little funny written down!)
Greg I just used your simplified bench stool drawing to draw my own reference drawing. I did like the proportional method. As I used the 1/9 to draw the entire stool with out a measuring device. This proportional thing I find really increased my drawing ability, I will likely be purchasing by hand and eye now. I can now draw and then convert my ideas to real life. If I manage to create something unique I will remember your generosity and share with the group.
Thank you so much for your efforts.
Rusty23 February 2014 at 3:33 pm #28203Thanks for letting me know it worked out for you Rusty. The proportional method isn’t for everyone but works very well. If your comfortable with it, it can be very liberating. The more you use it, the more you will begin to discover proportions in everything that you see. You will stop thinking of distances as linear and begin to think of them as proportions of the whole piece. When that happens, scale becomes very easy. You can then modify a piece to fit a certain space based upon the height, width or depth required.
Again, glad that you found my drawing useful and look forward to seeing your post of your finished stool.
23 February 2014 at 3:44 pm #28204Greg I am late to the Party, but I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to share these drawings with us. I am not an Artist by any stretch of the imagination, in fact I can hardly draw a stick person LOL.
So I do indeed find these very helpful and I can put these in my “working binder” for building these projects.
Thanks again !
Steve
23 February 2014 at 3:59 pm #28207Steve, Kevin your welcome. Like I stated above I plane to generate these as hand drawings. I enjoy doing them by hand much more than with a CAD program. Kevin, I’ve tried Sketch-Up but I use AutoCad everyday and find Sketch-Up too limiting.
I plan to have the drawings to look something like this in the the future. This is just a photo, I will have to have a print shop scan it this week.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.23 February 2014 at 4:04 pm #28209Greg again I am very great full to see these detailed drawings, but did I read where you made one of the stool some where ?
Steve
23 February 2014 at 4:13 pm #28211I did a proportional layout, but have not done a dimensioned drawing yet. If you want to use the proportional layout make 1.5″ = 1/9.
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