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Posted by Karen Maslowski on April 13, 2006, 1:18 pm
Mike, Fairgate Rule still has wonderful drafting and other rulers,
mostly metal, and they will actually make custom products (although
there might be a minimum). They are the "gold standard" for
patterndrafting tools.
http://www.fairgate.com/catalog.cfm?lang=eng
NAYY
Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati
www.sewstorm.com
Michael Daly wrote:
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>> I like French Curves. I pinched the set Alan had from his mum.
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> A friend of mine (when in my teens) had a grandfather that was an architect.
My
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> friend had inherited his set of drawing and drafting instruments including a
wonderful
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> set of French curves. It turned me, in part, into a fanatic about such
things. However,
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> I lament the fact that it is almost impossible to find such things anymore. I
was in
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> a local art and graphics store recently and there were no decent French curves
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> just cheap little ones.
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> With more drafting done by CAD software today, such things will only get
harder to
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> find. If any of you find some at a garage sale (boot sale), flea market or
antique
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> fair, grab them!!
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> Mike
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> French curve so it corresponds to the curve I need. There are so many
> possible planes on the French curve, I just slide it along until it
> matches what I need, flipping it over if necessary.
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> Hope this helps!