Enlarging Boat Plans
Connie bastyr from handy magazine demonstrates three methods of creating a full-size pattern from a small-scale illustration. enlarge small diagrams to make full-size templates for cutting your. I would like to lengthen & widen, or in other words, i would like to make a bigger boat. not just lengthen it, but add to the width and height. (idea, with the boat plans, can i enlarge them by 25 %), keeping everything at the same set angles and dimensions.. One of the challenges with building a model airplane from a smaller sized set of plans, typically received over the internet, is getting the full size plans produced. read on for a simple and easy method to enlarge model airplane plans for free using the built in tools with any pdf file..
Enlarging plans? the woodenboat forum is sponsored by woodenboat publications , publisher of woodenboat magazine. the forum is a free service, and much like the "free" content on public radio, we hope you will support woodenboat by subscribing to this fabulous magazine.. Andy, there are some plans that have the ribs and formers shown, and enlarging or reducing them will give you a set of workable drawings. usually old plans, i don't think the new laser cut kits give you any extra information. i'll try staples next time, it's closer. and now i know it's cheaper.. To calculate a scale factor for the size you want to enlarge or reduce your plans too, just invert the scale of the plans you have - divided by the inverted scale of the plans you wish to build from. for example if your plans are 1/5 scale and you desire to go to 1/3, simply divide 5 by 3..
