patterns and templates

[cheydk]

I was wondering what are some different things you make templates, I got ahold of some lamiated maps approx 2.5' by 3.5' and they seem to work well for me they resist water damage and you can use them for rough fitting and keep cutting them down until you get the size you want and they they don't get damaged from repated folding. I have also just been hanging my patterns on my shop wall which makes them easy to get to, but I have seen people use drawers which I am thinking about going to, yo "tidy up" my shop. I'm open to all suggestions.

Thank you

[BWL]

I've been known to you gasket material from the parts house. It's waterprof; has a wax coating. You can buy it in a roll. Hope this helps.

[Tkleather1]

I use Bontex from tandy. They sell it as Bag stiffener. and then I nail them to the wall.

Tim Worley

TK-Leather

[Treed]

Feed stores receive there bag feeds on pallets. The wood is covered with a heavy cardboard that works great and comes in different thickness depending on who shipped the pallet. Most feed stores will just give them away and they are large enough that you can make big patterns with them. They also work great to put on your dye table and any spilled dye will not penetrate.

Bobby Rose

[DonnieBlaze]

i never thought of using gasget material that sounds like a good idea. i usualy use foam bord or hevy card stock. and to sto them i make a portfolio for the foam bord out of cardboard and duck tape and for the card stock i use report covers in a binder

[SRT]

I use white .06 sheet styrene (available from Evergreen, Plastruct, or most hobby centers). It comes in a variety of sizes and is easy to mark, cut, or scribe & break and does not deform with normal use (stay away from the finished pattern with X-Actos, tho!!). For large patterns I use a chipboard sheet available from Hobby Lobby. I also use the foamboard occasionally like bikerd69.

[bruce johnson]

I use press blankets that are a cost-off from printing shops. They are a cloth backed rubberized material. You can cut them with knives or scissors. The printers clean them up with solvent before I get them, and have never had any ruboff problem. I use them rubber side down to help keep from slipping. On the back I write info like zipper length, gusset length, and in the case of custom fit things - who they are for. They will also sew on a machine for test fitting things where the tolerances need to be pretty close. I used to store them in boxes until I visited Ken Nelson. He had some blueprint drawers. I picked up a couple scratch-n-dents at a used office furniture place pretty cheap.