I like to use a whiteboard (aka dry wipe board) which has a feint grid
on it. They're great for sketching out (then quickly rubbing out and
resketching) ideas of all kinds (geometric or "wordy") . I've been
ringing around and googling trying to find one here in the UK, but the
ones with printed grids are about £150 for the size I want (about
4'x3' would suit me).
So, I'm going to make one. My idea is to make up a framed "picture",
where the "picture" is a sandwich of (in order from back face to front
face):
backing paper
backing board
graph paper
"sheetstuff"
What should the "sheetstuff" be? It needs to be transparent
(obviously!), smooth so that you can wipe it off easily, scratch
resistant, fairly inexpensive, lightweight and shatterproof.
Commercial boards are either melamine or, for the high quality ones,
enamelled steel, with a printed grid.
At a pinch, I could use melamine and draw on a grid. But then again
if my drafting skills were sound enough to get good results this way,
I probably wouldn't need a board with a grid!
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Rob.
easy Rob, we hear you and not everyone is filtering google. "CAN YOU
HEAR ME NOW!"
BRuce
Rob Bowman wrote:
> Apologies! I have sinned most heinously. I reposted this message
> again today because I thought it hadn't got through (can't see any of
> the thread in Forte Agent). I am temporarily using google to post
> until I can discover why I'm ignoring myself! Of course this means
> that noone will see this because your'e all filtering out google
> posts! Talking to nobody and not even being able to hear what you are
> saying is a most curious feeling. I think I'll just have a little
> rest ... maybe a stiff Gin as well.
> Please ignore today's repost.
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BRuce
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<lp2jb.779209$uu5.136347@sccrnsc04>...
> A good CAD program will take care of all your problems.
CAD is great for many things, but developing ideas isn't one of them!
Apologies! I have sinned most heinously. I reposted this message
again today because I thought it hadn't got through (can't see any of
the thread in Forte Agent). I am temporarily using google to post
until I can discover why I'm ignoring myself! Of course this means
that noone will see this because your'e all filtering out google
posts! Talking to nobody and not even being able to hear what you are
saying is a most curious feeling. I think I'll just have a little
rest ... maybe a stiff Gin as well.
Please ignore today's repost.
Office supply stores around here carry a whiteboard surface adhesive
contact paper. However, I don't know if it would be durable enough to
last in a project. It doesn't have a grid on it, either.
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:23:22 +0100, Rob Bowman
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>What should the "sheetstuff" be? It needs to be transparent
>(obviously!), smooth so that you can wipe it off easily, scratch
>resistant, fairly inexpensive, lightweight and shatterproof.
>
>Commercial boards are either melamine or, for the high quality ones,
>enamelled steel, with a printed grid.
>
Rob Bowman wrote:
> I like to use a whiteboard (aka dry wipe board) which has a feint grid
> on it. They're great for sketching out (then quickly rubbing out and
> resketching) ideas of all kinds (geometric or "wordy") . I've been
> ringing around and googling trying to find one here in the UK, but the
> ones with printed grids are about £150 for the size I want (about
> 4'x3' would suit me).
>
> So, I'm going to make one. My idea is to make up a framed "picture",
> where the "picture" is a sandwich of (in order from back face to front
> face):
>
> backing paper
> backing board
> graph paper
> "sheetstuff"
>
> What should the "sheetstuff" be? It needs to be transparent
> (obviously!), smooth so that you can wipe it off easily, scratch
> resistant, fairly inexpensive, lightweight and shatterproof.
>
> Commercial boards are either melamine or, for the high quality ones,
> enamelled steel, with a printed grid.
>
> At a pinch, I could use melamine and draw on a grid. But then again
> if my drafting skills were sound enough to get good results this way,
> I probably wouldn't need a board with a grid!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
Rob,
You might try Plexiglas over the graph paper. If dry markers don't
mark the Plexiglas, a grease pencil can be used.
Regards,
Hank
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"Rob Bowman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<lp2jb.779209$uu5.136347@sccrnsc04>...
> > A good CAD program will take care of all your problems.
> CAD is great for many things, but developing ideas isn't one of them!
"Rob Bowman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I like to use a whiteboard (aka dry wipe board) which has a feint grid
> on it. They're great for sketching out (then quickly rubbing out and
> resketching) ideas of all kinds (geometric or "wordy") . I've been
> ringing around and googling trying to find one here in the UK, but the
> ones with printed grids are about £150 for the size I want (about
> 4'x3' would suit me).
>
> So, I'm going to make one. My idea is to make up a framed "picture",
> where the "picture" is a sandwich of (in order from back face to front
> face):
>
> backing paper
> backing board
> graph paper
> "sheetstuff"
>
> What should the "sheetstuff" be? It needs to be transparent
> (obviously!), smooth so that you can wipe it off easily, scratch
> resistant, fairly inexpensive, lightweight and shatterproof.
>
> Commercial boards are either melamine or, for the high quality ones,
> enamelled steel, with a printed grid.
>
> At a pinch, I could use melamine and draw on a grid. But then again
> if my drafting skills were sound enough to get good results this way,
> I probably wouldn't need a board with a grid!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
Melamine doesn't work as a white board. We tried it once and the dry marker
stayed on it.
Your composite board looks OK. Try Perspex as the front sheet.
John
I've found that it is not the surface that makes it dry erasable
as much as it is the pens. The pens I've tried will mark &
erase on most non porus surfaces, including Plexiglas, poly-
carbonate, glass, & Formica. How about going to your local
plastics shop and trying your pens on various scraps to see
if it works and then buying a sheet?
Art
"Rob Bowman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I like to use a whiteboard (aka dry wipe board) which has a feint grid
> on it. They're great for sketching out (then quickly rubbing out and
> resketching) ideas of all kinds (geometric or "wordy") . I've been
> ringing around and googling trying to find one here in the UK, but the
> ones with printed grids are about £150 for the size I want (about
> 4'x3' would suit me).
>
> So, I'm going to make one. My idea is to make up a framed "picture",
> where the "picture" is a sandwich of (in order from back face to front
> face):
>
> backing paper
> backing board
> graph paper
> "sheetstuff"
>
> What should the "sheetstuff" be? It needs to be transparent
> (obviously!), smooth so that you can wipe it off easily, scratch
> resistant, fairly inexpensive, lightweight and shatterproof.
>
> Commercial boards are either melamine or, for the high quality ones,
> enamelled steel, with a printed grid.
>
> At a pinch, I could use melamine and draw on a grid. But then again
> if my drafting skills were sound enough to get good results this way,
> I probably wouldn't need a board with a grid!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:23:22 +0100, Rob Bowman
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I like to use a whiteboard (aka dry wipe board) which has a feint grid
>on it. They're great for sketching out (then quickly rubbing out and
>resketching) ideas of all kinds (geometric or "wordy") . I've been
>ringing around and googling trying to find one here in the UK, but the
>ones with printed grids are about £150 for the size I want (about
>4'x3' would suit me).
>
>So, I'm going to make one. My idea is to make up a framed "picture",
>where the "picture" is a sandwich of (in order from back face to front
>face):
>
> backing paper
> backing board
> graph paper
> "sheetstuff"
>
>What should the "sheetstuff" be? It needs to be transparent
>(obviously!), smooth so that you can wipe it off easily, scratch
>resistant, fairly inexpensive, lightweight and shatterproof.
>
>Commercial boards are either melamine or, for the high quality ones,
>enamelled steel, with a printed grid.
>
>At a pinch, I could use melamine and draw on a grid. But then again
>if my drafting skills were sound enough to get good results this way,
>I probably wouldn't need a board with a grid!
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Cheers,
>Rob.
I picked up a used 3' by 2' white board at a government auction and it
was only about 8 to ten US dollars... You might want to check that
out first...
A good CAD program will take care of all your problems.
"Rob Bowman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
But then again
> if my drafting skills were sound enough to get good results this way,
> I probably wouldn't need a board with a grid!
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.