Friday 26 June 2009

Templates of Openings, 1

If you have an irregular opening, it may be best to take a tracing of the opening. Usually this will be in a larger opening and so a helper may be necessary to hold things.

The material used to take the template must have a few characteristics:
- It must be stiff enough to have the minimum possible bend over the width or height of the opening
- It must be easy to mark with a pencil or other implement
- It must be easy to cut or shape
- It should be light to make it easy to lift it to the opening for the many adjustments that will be required.


A number of materials can be used: stiff card, mounting board, corrugated cardboard, thin plywood, and many other sheet materials. I have found stiff corrugated cardboard easy to use.


More information in this series is at:
Irregular rectangles
Circles
Round headed windows
Irregular shapes
Stone

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