Graph paper...

[Harold Burrell]

I am doing less and less with plans these days. However, there are still times when I need them.

Adirondack chairs, for instance.

Anyway...it seems that the parts are rather large...and yet the pics of the parts are small. I need to re-draw them onto graph paper, it seems. However...where am I to find paper big enough? Freezer paper perhaps???

[Keith Weber]

I'm not sure what you're using the paper for. Is it for making templates of curved items, so they may be laid out on top of a board and traced? Rosin paper from Menards, HD, Lowes, etc. comes in rolls of 36", 48", and 72" widths. It doesn't have a graph grid on it, though.

[Joe Kieve]

You could make your own. I have this bookmarked and IIRC got it from someone on SMC.

http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/


(http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/)

[Harold Burrell]

I'm not sure what you're using the paper for. Is it for making templates of curved items, so they may be laid out on top of a board and traced? Rosin paper from Menards, HD, Lowes, etc. comes in rolls of 36", 48", and 72" widths. It doesn't have a graph grid on it, though.

Yeah, that's it. I figured I would have to draw it myself. Thanks for the resource.

It also occurred to me that I could draw the graph right on the material to be cut. DOH!

[Dave Richards]

What format are your original drawings in? Perhaps you could just have them printed full size at your local Staples or OfficeMax.

Or maybe you could take a page from the boat builder's handbook and loft the lines onto large paper or a sheet of ply.

[glenn bradley]

Large quadrille tablets are available (https://www.hearlihy.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=3613&bhcp=1). a bit pricey but, available.

[George Bokros]

Here is a source but the squares are 1" not 1/4"

http://www.enasco.com/product/TB17689T/?userZIPCODE=44241

[Greg Sznajdruk]

Check Mathias Wendel's Big Print. Have used this for years will give you full size drawings.

http://woodgears.ca/bigprint/

Greg

[scott vroom]

Howard, you didn't mention the size paper you needed so not sure if this will do it: 30" x 100' roll of 1" graph squares. If not wide enough I suppose you could tape to sheets together to give you 60" width.

http://www.amazon.com/Gaming-Paper-1-Inch-Squares-Roll/dp/B003G4DLLC/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1436191296&sr=8-6&keywords=large+graph+paper

[Jerry Miner]

A lot of gift-wrapping paper has grid lines on the back. Check in your closet

[Gene Takae]

I recall seeing some poster board with gridlines on it at Walmart. I believe it is called Ghostboard.

[Danny Buie]

Amazon and most office supply's have a 17" x 22" desk pad quad ruled.

http://www.amazon.com/TOPS-Desk-Inches-White-Sheets/dp/B0006HWSK2

[Kent A Bathurst]

You need life-sized plans of the parts, eh, Harold?

Good. I'm not the only one.

Rare - very rare......but when I do, I draw it out on the "practice wood", which usually is poplar. I make a practice run that hopefully can be used as a template. If not a template, then as a piece with notes all over it telling me what went wrong, so basically the same thing...

[Myk Rian]

I like the gift wrap idea.
Use it with a Pantograph.

[Greg Sznajdruk]

I am doing less and less with plans these days. However, there are still times when I need them.

Adirondack chairs, for instance.

Anyway...it seems that the parts are rather large...and yet the pics of the parts are small. I need to re-draw them onto graph paper, it seems. However...where am I to find paper big enough? Freezer paper perhaps???


Ok you need full size drawing from a picture. Why are you redrawing the plans when you can simply print them actual size on your 81/2 by 11 printer and tape then together.

I've posted this information on this thread before and it did not have any traction. For the cost of the software you have everything you need using your printer and standard paper. Save yourself a lot of time and money.

http://woodgears.ca/bigprint/

Greg

[Grant Wilkinson]

I'm with Greg. I use Matthias' bigprint often. You can print a grid on the pages so that aligning them for taping them together is easy. Then I simply glue stick them to the wood and cut/drill.

Adobe Acrobat will print on multiple pages, too, but it's several hundreds of dollars.

[Myk Rian]

Many/most/all printer drivers will allow you to print a poster on several sheets, then tape together.

[Greg Sznajdruk]

Many/most/all printer drivers will allow you to print a poster on several sheets, then tape together.


But can they reproduce the image to within a 1/16th of aninch accuracy?
Greg