What Do You Use To Trace Out An Irregular Shape?

[Big P]

I just use a sharpie on a stick and trace it to card board lol not the greatest but works in a pinch

[meade916]

i better way to do it i found is to get cardboard and get it as close as you can. Then "scrap" it in place till you have your shape. Tape peices all over it until it goes all the way around and then pull it off. Then trace clean onto whatever you were making it for and it should be perfect. Works WAY better then that damn green flex stick.

[missinglink]

i better way to do it i found is to get cardboard and get it as close as you can. Then "scrap" it in place till you have your shape. Tape peices all over it until it goes all the way around and then pull it off. Then trace clean onto whatever you were making it for and it should be perfect. Works WAY better then that damn green flex stick.

Kent:

I use a mixture of the two techniques. A piece of copper building wire bent around the compound curves. Then transfer this raw shape to a piece of sign plastic with a sharpie. Cut, sand, file - whatever on the plastic until it fits 100% Once the template fits the way you want the finished part to fit, you can make the final part from the template.

"Where the hell do I get sign plastic?" Easy, at least here in Las Vegas. Every night some dirtbag will hang 50 or 60 square feet of the stuff on a chainlink fence someplace. They nail smaller pieces onto telephone poles, or on sticks in planters. All of those signs are illegal, so grab one anytime you need it. It works great, and is more durable than cardboard. Plus, you are cleaning up the city... Just take your wire cutters for the zip ties, and go by Spring Mountain & Lindell.

'Link

[wL<3bass]

Kent:

I use a mixture of the two techniques. A piece of copper building wire bent around the compound curves. Then transfer this raw shape to a piece of sign plastic with a sharpie. Cut, sand, file - whatever on the plastic until it fits 100% Once the template fits the way you want the finished part to fit, you can make the final part from the template.

"Where the hell do I get sign plastic?" Easy, at least here in Las Vegas. Every night some dirtbag will hang 50 or 60 square feet of the stuff on a chainlink fence someplace. They nail smaller pieces onto telephone poles, or on sticks in planters. All of those signs are illegal, so grab one anytime you need it. It works great, and is more durable than cardboard. Plus, you are cleaning up the city... Just take your wire cutters for the zip ties, and go by Spring Mountain & Lindell.

'Link

LOL that is straight ghetto right there LOL OMG I'm in tears!!! :lol: :lol: But hey if it works it works....

[kentb]

I've been through a ton of craftsmans.....don't know why I keep buying them.

Bosch or Ridgid will probaly be next.

Kent:

I use a mixture of the two techniques. A piece of copper building wire bent around the compound curves. Then transfer this raw shape to a piece of sign plastic with a sharpie. Cut, sand, file - whatever on the plastic until it fits 100% Once the template fits the way you want the finished part to fit, you can make the final part from the template.

"Where the hell do I get sign plastic?" Easy, at least here in Las Vegas. Every night some dirtbag will hang 50 or 60 square feet of the stuff on a chainlink fence someplace. They nail smaller pieces onto telephone poles, or on sticks in planters. All of those signs are illegal, so grab one anytime you need it. It works great, and is more durable than cardboard. Plus, you are cleaning up the city... Just take your wire cutters for the zip ties, and go by Spring Mountain & Lindell.

'Link

lol, ill take note to that.

[missinglink]

Well link does have his own style.LOL Like I said kent I can help you anytime just hit me up I dont mind.

MLA

[Shyne151]

Sharpie, cardboard, scissors, and a olfa knife... those bendable sticks ahve never worked well for me.