sawdust1 Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Is there a way to calculate the number of cuts in a Pattern? Bob stoney and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) I guess I don't understand the question. Do you mean how long it should take to make the cuts? Edited April 13, 2019 by stoney OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 I know of no way but to count them. Charles Hand's patterns tell you the number of cuts. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 My question would have to be "what does it matter"? Not being a smart*** just sayin............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 count the number of holes you drill I wouldn't want to know ahead of time, hmmm do I cut this one with 30 holes or this one with 300, ahhh how much beer is there? ROFL OCtoolguy, RabidAlien, WayneMahler and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 When doing large fretwork type portraits.. I use tally marks sometimes.. most times I don't care.. but I've had a lot of customers ask.. "dang how many holes you have to drill and cut to make that? " Kinda nice to know or at least have a rough idea.. I've been known to just make up a wild number to see the look on their faces too, LOL.. But anyway.. sometimes I use the tally marks and make a mark every either 10 or 20 -25 holes I drill.. I don't drill all the holes at once in those big detailed fret pieces.. otherwise I'll never get up to move around.. sometimes just getting up and walking across the shop to the drill will keep me from getting too stiff just sitting there. LOL OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawdust1 Posted April 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Thanks for your replies. I'm all set now. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsN Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 I dont have my computer to check, but I think this might be a thing... I think if you import an image into inkscape and convert it to vector it will break the image into a bunch of pieces. If you do that to a pattern all of the black cut away parts separate, if you select all of them it should tell you how many there are. BadBob, Fab4, OCtoolguy and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fab4 Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 27 minutes ago, MrsN said: I dont have my computer to check, but I think this might be a thing... I think if you import an image into inkscape and convert it to vector it will break the image into a bunch of pieces. If you do that to a pattern all of the black cut away parts separate, if you select all of them it should tell you how many there are. Hi Katie, Hi Bob Katie's answer puts you on the right track bring your pattern into Inkscape, do a TRACE BITMAP, BREAK APART then select the parts that need to be drilled this will bring you very close to how many you have to do - I just tried this so I know it works...lol I think I just said what Katie said but in different terms - thanks Katie Fab4 OCtoolguy, WayneMahler and BadBob 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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