--- In [email protected], "Bill Lane" <bill@...> wrote:
> I started to tack the strip
> down. NOT the way to do it. The strip needs to "float. Just put 2 nails that
> snugly fit the width of the strip at your reference points and walk the
> strip around. Give it a little tug and equalize the pressure. You will very
> quickly have your needed line.
In the old days when folks drew a lot of lines with battens they had lead
weights with little brass tips that held the batten and let it slide. They just
pushed the ducks in line then drew it.
There's lots of factors that determine how a line comes out. Suitability of
batten for degree of curve, no knots or other hard spots or soft ,etc. I used
them a lot when I was building boats, battens are great for spirals or easement
curves but a tape measure swung from the radius point is a lot more accurate
for fixed radius curves.Regards ,Dave Branum
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