Patterans

[idgaf831]

I'm 77  I don't have a printer is there a paper catalog I can purchase on can I buy single patterns and have them mailed .

[red river]

Hey bud....i've bought a few single patterns from " Wooden Teddy Bear " Seems like they cost about. $ 6.00 or so. I think they send you 2 different sizes. Good luck....Also, Amazon has some pattern books for sale...

[Dan]

1 hour ago, idgaf831 said:

I'm 77  I don't have a printer is there a paper catalog I can purchase on can I buy single patterns and have them mailed .

If you have a library nearby,check them out. If they have scroll saw books with pattern you can print one up right there. Or, you can probably put digital patterns an a USB drive and print them at the library. The patterns in the Village library has a great variety.

Other than that just browse the pattern sites, as mentioned.

[ChelCass]

Sue Mey and Sheila Landry both sell paper patterns.  Check out their websites.

[idgaf831]

I was hoping Steve good would have a book I could buy I like his patterns .thanks for the input .

[rjweb]

Steve Good has his patterns on disc or tumb drives you can purchase then just go to libary and print what ever you want, RJ

[Roberta Moreton]

The local shop like office max could probably print them for you as well. 

[flarud]

At some point, it would probably be cheaper to buy a printer than to keep buying patterns.  You would be the one to have to decide that.  Good luck!

[rash_powder]

If you should decide to purchase a printer, my advice would be a Brother inktank model.  We had an HP inkjet that would go through ink cartridges at an amazing rate.  I think that their business model hinges on putting a minimum of ink in the cartridge and selling it for $70.  The Brother we have is inkjet but uses tanks of ink.  $100 of ink lasts easily a year.  That HP couldn't go that long on 1 cartridge when we didn't use it - the ink would dry out.  

[Norm Fengstad]

Garnet Hall at Sawbird.com has patterns that can be mailed out

[ChelCass]

Both Canon and Hp has the tank on their printer ( I have both) and it is so much cheaper to use then the cartridges .  Both printers are reasonable prices (walmart) and both of my printers are wireless so I can print from my laptop inside the house to my printer in my workshop.

[Tomanydogs]

10 hours ago, rash_powder said:

 the ink would dry out.  

I have this problem too, especially in the winter the house is very dry. Recently I looked into a solution and found out that you need to print regularly so the ink doesn’t dry out. The other thing you could do is pull out the ink cartridge and with a damp paper towel wipe where the ink comes out then dry it with a dry paper towel and put it back in the printer. I did this the other night, had to do it three times and it worked the printer was printing perfectly. 

[barb.j.enders]

I switched to a laser printer with toner cartridge.  No ink to dry out.  Downside is, it only prints black.

[BadBob]

A laser printer is the only option. They are much cheaper to use in the long run, but they are not good at printing color photos.

Per page cost is about $0.02/page for laser and $0.05/page for inkjet. This does not include the cost of replacing ink cartridges.

[BadBob]

2 minutes ago, barb.j.enders said:

Downside is, it only prints black.

You can get color laser printers.

[barb.j.enders]

23 hours ago, BadBob said:

You can get color laser printers.

True, but the only thing I print is patterns.  I am okay with black.  Hubby, is now printing more but it is music so black is fine for him.

[BadBob]

1 hour ago, barb.j.enders said:

True, but the only thing I print is patterns.  I am okay with black.  Hubby, is now printing more but it is music so black is fine for him.

I rarely print anything with color. I have played around with colors for patterns and didn't see any advantage. I suspect my color toner will go bad before I run out.