pattern making

[miatawoman]

Not sure if this is the right area, but thought it would be useful here. I came across an interestin YouTube video on how to make a pattern from a photo by using a panto-graph. I don't know how to post the link, but here's the info. It's called #59 Carving Tutorial Pattern Making, and it's by Cyrus Fillmore. It's very informative, and he shows you how to make the panto-graph.

[Bob K.]

I will have to look for it. Thanks for sharing.

[Spiritwolfe]

Thank you Miatawoman ( Joan )
Much Appreciated!
Whatcha makin'?

[Brian T]

You can buy a pantograph from Lee Valley, it works rather well. However, the arms are wood = very light weight and skitters all over.
I bought 1/8" x 3/4" x 48"aluminum strips at Home Depot and cloned the arms. Then I pruned off all the original hardware for the new one.
eg: Set the ratio of holes for 6X and a 4" drawing becomes a 24" drawing!
I don't use it once a month but outside of a lot of computer and printer fiddle, it does what I need.

[dogcatcher]

Here is the video. https://youtu.be/pU0BcJx_E3s

[Nomad]

Not sure if this is the right area, but thought it would be useful here. I came across an interestin YouTube video on how to make a pattern from a photo by using a panto-graph. I don't know how to post the link, but here's the info. It's called #59 Carving Tutorial Pattern Making, and it's by Cyrus Fillmore. It's very informative, and he shows you how to make the panto-graph.

Awesome sauce! I got about a quarter way through for now and will watch the rest tonight. Seems very straightforward. Well made video. Thanks for calling our attention to this and mucho thanks to dogcatcher for finding the video!!