Tracing paper or carbon paper?

[OmahaRoger]

I have plans that will take one and a half sheets of plywood. It's for an outdoor Santa decoration. The plans say to trace it with one or the other. They also say with carbon paper I can trace it and prime it and still be able to see the interior lines. With tracing paper I have to do the outside lines and than prime it and them trace the inside lines. The carbon paper sounds easier to me. Not having to set up the plans twice.

The questions I have are...

Where do I get carbon paper or tracing paper that big?

Is there a good tracing tool that you can recommend?

I thought of just using a large carriage bolt...but not sure?

Thanks and this forum is GREAT!

[arcticfox46]

Carbon paper can be bought at any office supply store. You can tape a bunch of sheets together. Tape opposite the carbon side. You can reuse it many many many times.

[ImNo]

Theres a tool...

Looks like a little spur wheel on the end of an awl thats rolled along the lines of the pattern, perforating it and leaving a trail of pin holes in the work piece. I think additional parts are made by dabing chalk dust on the pattern leaving chalk dots on the part.

But I cant recall what its called. Im blocked. Would something like that work?

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[TDHofstetter]

Ummm... dredging my memory... is that called... a "pouncing wheel"? It's used for sewing - any sewing shop will have the real name.

-- Tim --

If it ain't broke,
Don't fixate.
:)

[Chris Moore]

comes around. Way back before the big crash when I first started on the forums, I went into some great detail about using a pounce wheel and a pounce bag. It's a technique used by sign painters.

The paper pattern is taped in place to the wood. A pounce wheel (available at craft shops among other places) is run along the lines. It perfs the paper. Then a pounce bag (usually filled with bitumen or in my case copier toner) is bounced along the lines. A used gym sock makes a good pounce bag. The image is transferred through the small holes. In the case of sign painting, you just set to work. In this case, I'd recommend sketching over the pounce lines with a soft pencil. You'll be handling it and the soft pounce lines would get smeared easily.


Chris Moore
West Palm Beach, FL

[aerowood]

I,ve got a whole herd of plywood raindeer along with the sleigh and the jolly old elf. I made templates for the deer parts out of hardboard and used a router with a pattern cutter for all the parts. My DBG (darling baby girl, now 19) said the basement looked like a meat locker with all of the parts hanging while being painted. To make the parts I just cut up the plans and then used spray mat adhesive (available at art supply and craft stores) to attach them right to the plywood. After cutting don't leave the plan on the plywood very long, as it will become very difficult to remove if allowed to dry fully. I really like the stlye that I used because the parts just interlock together making for easy storage. My wife just recently ordered more plans for Does and Fawns that I will have to make for next Christmas.

[ImNo]

Ats it! Another CRS incident averted. Do you guys kno where my door n drawer pulls are? Cant find them either.

Thanks Tim, Chris.

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[jo_dad]

I made all nine deer, including Rudolph of course, for this past Christmas. I got my carbon paper from Michaels and used a stylus to trace the pattern. I'm still using the same sheet of carbon for other projects.