Full size plan help

> I just purchased some full size plans for folding Muskoka chairs
(Adirondack
> chairs for my friends south of the border). I have never used full size
> plans before. So my question is, what is the best way to use the plans?
> Should I cut them out or trace the paper parts onto some 1/4 inch mdf,
> foamcore board or something similar? Any other ideas would be welcome.
> Thank you

You need a material more durable than foamcore. Get some hardboard or 1/4"
plywood. Roughly cut out the various pieces, and glue the paper on top of
your template material. Cut these out very carefully and sand/smooth the
curves right to the line. These are now your master templates. Get some
double faced carpet tape and attach to your wood. Bandsaw or jigsaw close to
the lines, then use a router with a bearing mounted straight cutter bit for
the final trim.

If you make templates from hardboard or mdf you can use them as guides
for a flush trim bit in your router, and will have them to more easily
make several chairs.

djb

--
Formosa's Law: "The truly insane have enough on their plates without us adding
to it."

What Rob said . . . with a bit more.

If the plans are 'complete' on each sheet {some have awkward 'combinations'
of dashed & solid lines}, there are two options.

For 'tracing' templates I use spray adhesive and attach the COPY to some
'Whiteboard'. For ROUTER templates, I attach them to 1/4 inch
Hardboard/Masonite. If I'll be using them repeatedly, I treat/seal/harden
the edges with epoxy.

Regards & Good Luck,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop

"Rob V" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> First thing - go to Kinkos and copy them.
> Then cut out the copies and file the originals.
>
> "Tony Mo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Greetings,
> > I just purchased some full size plans for folding Muskoka chairs
> (Adirondack
> > chairs for my friends south of the border).
SNIP

i just made some adirondack chair from full-sized plans.
what i did was get them copied at a copy center that did full size
blueprints & copies and then i cut up the copies (staying away from the
lines, little) and spray glued them to 1/8 luan then cut the
patterns on a bandsaw so i'll always have hard patterns and the
originals in the package

Tony Mo wrote:
> Greetings,
> I just purchased some full size plans for folding Muskoka chairs (Adirondack
> chairs for my friends south of the border). I have never used full size
> plans before. So my question is, what is the best way to use the plans?
> Should I cut them out or trace the paper parts onto some 1/4 inch mdf,
> foamcore board or something similar? Any other ideas would be welcome.
> Thank you
>
> "Keep your stick on the ice"
> Tony
>
>

First thing - go to Kinkos and copy them.
Then cut out the copies and file the originals.

"Tony Mo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greetings,
> I just purchased some full size plans for folding Muskoka chairs
(Adirondack
> chairs for my friends south of the border). I have never used full size
> plans before. So my question is, what is the best way to use the plans?
> Should I cut them out or trace the paper parts onto some 1/4 inch mdf,
> foamcore board or something similar? Any other ideas would be welcome.
> Thank you
>
> "Keep your stick on the ice"
> Tony
>
>

"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:53:44 GMT, "Rob V" <[email protected]> brought forth
> from the murky depths:
>
> >First thing - go to Kinkos and copy them.
>
> Spend $30 to copy $4.95 plans? I like it!

They still make carbon paper. I just traced mine by laying out a few sheets
of carbon paper over masonite.
Ed
[email protected]
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:53:44 GMT, Rob V <[email protected]> wrote:
> First thing - go to Kinkos and copy them.
> Then cut out the copies and file the originals.

Be advised that 100% on a copier, especially a large format copier, doesn't
always equal _exactly_ 100%. Do the first page, and hold 'em both up to
the light to make sure it's correct, if any of the dimensions are
critical (they are).

Been there, done that, "Not to scale" is not just a saying,
Dave Hinz

On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:53:44 GMT, "Rob V" <[email protected]> brought forth
from the murky depths:

>First thing - go to Kinkos and copy them.

Spend $30 to copy $4.95 plans? I like it!


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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:46:23 -0400, "Tony Mo"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Greetings,
>I just purchased some full size plans for folding Muskoka chairs (Adirondack
>chairs for my friends south of the border). I have never used full size
>plans before. So my question is, what is the best way to use the plans?
>Should I cut them out or trace the paper parts onto some 1/4 inch mdf,
>foamcore board or something similar? Any other ideas would be welcome.

Cut them out. If doing several, make templates out of thin veneer, or
good stiff carboard or whatever. To do that, tape the cutout paper to
the template material with bits of 1" masking tape here and there to
hold it in place. Interpolate into the tape area with your pencil
when you've traced around the major part of the template. Also, hold
the paper down firmly with your spread fingers while tracing; don't
press too hard. A stiff template should be relatively easy to hold to
the wood while tracing around it for the finished product. It's not
fine furniture, so don't be too fussy except to make it solid. Cut
out template with bandsaw or sabre saw for use on the wood. You can
sand to taste, then paint or whatever.

If doing just one or two and that's it, then tape the paper cutouts to
the wood to save a step ...your choice.

Rout showing edges just a little when done all parts and before
assembly; that's worth the effort.

Dan.