Number 2 of Jim's Americana Series

[Dak0ta52]

On 12/30/2021 at 2:27 PM, jamieline said:

Jim,

These are great patterns and some great cutting by everyone.

I have been opening the patterns as PDF and then printing in poster. Then taping the pieces together. You mentioned guide marks. How do you get these? Is there a better way to use smaller paper to get the bigger prints?

Is everyone using sprial blades when cutting these?

Thanks

Jim,

I create the guide marks in Inkscape. Travis has a nice video on how to do this. I always print from Inkscape after changing the fill and stroke (cut areas and cut lines) of the pattern. Again, Travis has a video on how to do this.

As far as using spiral blades, I had absolutely no experience with spirals until I cut the "Best Friends" girl and horse. With Jim Blume patterns, I would say it is a MUST to use spirals. Otherwise you would rub a hole in your table spinning the piece with all the cuts. If you haven't tried spirals, give them a try. I use Pegas spirals and usually 2/0 size. They are much easier to use than I anticipated.

[Denny Knappen]

Ok, Rodney, I missed this whole topic.   Sry well done and nicely framed too.