Adam

I recently ordered an 18" steel rule from our office supplier that has inches,
picas, and
agate. I set my preferences in Quark and Photoshop to read measurements in
picas,
because I hate trying to calculate fractions. It drives my graphic designer
nuts sometimes.

They are getting hard to find in standard office supply catalogs, but an online
search will
bring them up quickly:

http://www.godarmachinery.com/G31378_Printer_s_Ruler_12_L_p/g33785.htm

Jim

--- In Modelships@yahoogroups.com, Adam Goodrum <agoodrum@...> wrote:
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> Can you still get them, I haven¹t used my type scale for many years. A few
> years ago I had to explain to a young type setter in here what a pica was,
> god he made me feel old, ended up doing the job myself.
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> Don¹t know why I got your mail but I might as well reply to it.
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> Adam (Adders)
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> From: "jehitch1002" <jehitch1002@...>
> Reply-To: Modelships@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:38:24 -0000
> To: Modelships@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Model ships ------- Architect scale
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> I don't know about architect scales, but a printer's ruler is divided into
> picas, which are 1/
> 6 of an inch, so at 2" = 1', one pica would be one inch. It should work
> perfectly for that
> scale.
>
> Jim
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> --- In Modelships@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Modelships%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> "Rick" <barnesrickw@> wrote:
> >
> > Two questions I guess. My first one did not post for some reason. I
> > wondered if anybody had expierience with building "lift models" similar
> > to how Harold Payson. My second is, I am building a lapstrake dingy
> > model of a boat I wish to build full scale. I have a 1 foot tall
> > wooden manikin, so I selected 2"=1' scale to make it proportional to
> > him assuming he is six foot tall. Doe anybody know if there is an
> > architects scale available in this size?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Rick
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