[NSRCA-discussion] How to layout a pattern box?

[Anthony Romano]

Another way uses three spikes ( I use old screw drivers) and a ball of 
decent twine. Pick your pilot station draw a line in paint parralel to your 
flightline. Tie a piece of twine about 10 yards long(length doesn't matter) 
to two spikes. Tie a third spike in the middle so you have three spikes, two 
ends and a middle, evenly spaced. Place the middle spike at the center point 
of the line at the pilots feet. Walk the other two out perpendicular 
(eyeball has proved good enough) and push in the spikes and paint right over 
the string. You now have your pilot baseline and center.
Leave one end spike on the center line and swap the other end spike with the 
center spike that was by the pilots feet. So now the two ends of your twine 
are pinned to the center line and the center spike is in your hand. Walk to 
one side until the strings are evenly snug and place the center spike in the 
ground. Now paint this side and repeat in the opposite direction. You have 
just made two equilateral triangles sharing the center line as a common 
side.
Read this again before you tell me you are completely confused.
With two people this goes quick and the string makes a great guide for 
painting straight lines. Which is something I always need help with.

Anthony

>From: "Glen Watson" <gwatson11 at houston.rr.com>
>Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>To: "'NSRCA Mailing List'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] How to layout a pattern box?
>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:31:48 -0600
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>Dear Pattern Community
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>I am looking for an easy effective method for laying out box lines using
>ordinary tools.
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>  I recall a method using yard sticks however I am not able to locate it in
>the Achieves.
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>Thanks in advance...
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>Glen Watson
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