Martin Wynne
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- West of the Severn UK
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If you print on ordinary office paper, aligning and sticking down the printed construction templates can be very fiddly.
It's much easier if you print on thicker paper. I recommend 160gsm, which is almost a thin card:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002YCH5OG
Then use a craft knife and steel rule to trim each page all round exactly on the red lines.
Stick the trimmed pages down like fixing tiles, butting them together (i.e. no overlaps). This makes it much easier to get them accurately aligned.
160gsm card doesn't cockle with water-based adhesives and can be left in place under the ballast if you prefer to build pointwork in-situ.
If it's just a trial printout, you can stick the trimmed pages to a roll of decorator's lining paper as a backing sheet:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07YDRLTDD
cheers,
Martin.
More tips of the day: https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.php?forums/tips-of-the-day.44/
If you print on ordinary office paper, aligning and sticking down the printed construction templates can be very fiddly.
It's much easier if you print on thicker paper. I recommend 160gsm, which is almost a thin card:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002YCH5OG
Then use a craft knife and steel rule to trim each page all round exactly on the red lines.
Stick the trimmed pages down like fixing tiles, butting them together (i.e. no overlaps). This makes it much easier to get them accurately aligned.
160gsm card doesn't cockle with water-based adhesives and can be left in place under the ballast if you prefer to build pointwork in-situ.
If it's just a trial printout, you can stick the trimmed pages to a roll of decorator's lining paper as a backing sheet:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07YDRLTDD
cheers,
Martin.
More tips of the day: https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.php?forums/tips-of-the-day.44/
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