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8th January 2018, 05:31 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Full Size Drawing
Are there any good ideas on how to make full size drawings easier to read? I drew a full scale drawing on 3mm MDF and to be honest because the drawing is all the one colour (lead pencil) it tends to all merge and if you use a soft lead it also tends to smudge. There would be a limited amount of colour that would contrast enough to highlight the different sections so doing that is not as simple as it sounds. Any ideas to make the different parts stand out more?
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8th January 2018, 07:48 PM #2
Paint the MDF white before drawing in lead pencil. More than one coat of paint may be required.
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8th January 2018, 08:13 PM #3Taking a break
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You could even buy white 3mm MDF to make it easier.
What about using sheets of transparency film for different layers of detail; the basics can go on the board and all the fiddly bits can go on their own transparent overlays. Then you can remove the ones you don't need and just see the details you're after at any time.
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8th January 2018, 08:18 PM #4
The fine, .4mm, Artline pens work well.
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8th January 2018, 08:25 PM #5
Like Handyjack said . I paint with white flat acrylic. Sometimes I draw in lead pencil but also pen gives a nice fine line . Red pen in parts helps separate important points . When the next job comes along where it needs full scale drawings I give the board another coat. If its full size things I may like to use again I do them on paper. Some of those drawings take 8 to 12 hours to do . Its worthwhile saving them sometimes.
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8th January 2018, 09:05 PM #6
A bit quicker and more temporary than painting. A strip of masking tape, more or less where your line goes, then draw on that.
I've used that on bamboo bench tops where the finish would later be oiled.
Also helps a little with tear out from saw blades.
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8th January 2018, 09:58 PM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Until you draw a line in wrong? I have thought of doing it in a harder lead then going over it with ink but using ink from the get go seems a bit risky. I will try the white paint idea, an aerosol can of flat white sounds like it might be worth a try. Then various colours could be used as well which would be a plus.
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8th January 2018, 10:01 PM #8Taking a break
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I like 2H lead for drawing
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9th January 2018, 05:49 AM #9rrich Guest
I had an instructor that demanded a full scale drawing before starting any actual work.
The solutions were to use brown wrapping paper from a roll or the back side (Un-waxed or w/o plastic) of butcher paper.
BTW - The butcher paper was a lot sturdier.
The red pen idea worked very well on the brown paper. When you're sure of where the line goes, an 'Extra Fine Point' Sharpie is a great drawing pen.
I have also used a piece of Luan from a shipping crate.
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The tried and proven Old School method - draw in pencil, finalize in ink. The fine Sharpies on MDF work well. As said earlier, overlay transparencies for variables helps prevent confusion. These overlays are created the same way - pencil first, then ink.
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9th January 2018, 05:24 PM #11SENIOR MEMBER
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Some of us just don't make mistakes!
Packaging suppliers sell rolls of kraft paper in various thicknesses. I've got a roll of the 600mm wide 60gsm and it's great for writing on and protecting bench tops against stray drips of random liquids. No affiliation with the linked company other than being a happy customer. I think it's also going to take me a really long time to finish the 340m... They also have butchers paper in rolls and sheets.
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9th January 2018, 06:00 PM #12rrich Guest
All BTW - Red ink can be "erased" with lacquer thinner.
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10th January 2018, 05:25 PM #13
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10th January 2018, 10:09 PM #14
Draw with knife or scalpel then using a chisel point 2H line it in.
Machining in red, cores and loose pieces cross hatched and don’t get your contraction wrong.
Oops this is furniture not patterns.
Still a knife is a much better line, easier to set your trammels off.
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