I hope this is the correct place to address this - if not, please let me know and I'll move it. I am new to scroll sawing and want to create a pattern from a photo (portrait). I downloaded GIMP and plan on using it to develop a pattern. Is this a good program to use for this purpose? Any words of wisdom as to how to best approach this project? Thanks.
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I use a combination of GIMP and Inkscape, both are free. I started out using this tutorial http://www.scrollsawer.com/forum/scr...ials/17247.htm
Once you get onto it you will find alternate steps to refine your patterns. Good luck.
Don Rhttp://www.oldcrowwoodcrafts.weebly.com
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by NC ScrollerI often resize just to fit the size of the wood I have on hand. I agree this is a no win situation because of the various software, hardware differences plus the skill level of us, the end users. Even providing the patterns in a digitized format will no fix this because of the reasons I already mentioned....
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by RolfJohn your original post is a valid question. It is a simple thing to put in the original scale assuming that it was on the original drawing. As a minimum the size of the material required can be stated, although that has been a confusion for folks that have built the clock projects. I field a lot of...
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by Quartz43Maybe nothing has changed ? But is there anything that can be done to make it easier. The very large projects are difficult to copy over several pages and put together properly. I believe in making improvements and not preserving the status quo.
I enjoy the challenge of cutting a project...-
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by keystonecopThis is not a problem with the magazine for my issue.. It is a problem with the book having resized the drawings without giving the actual size.
I do again apologize for my post.. I cannot use the right words to explain it.. so maybe someone should just remove the post....-
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by markdavdReading these replies, I am still trying to figure out what the problem really is. I haven't noticed changes in how they publish recently and I don't think I ever had trouble making copies of of the patterns I want to cut.
How did you copy the patterns 10 years ago? What has changed?...-
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