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DC:
My camping headlamp has a high intensity LED. I'll try shining that on it somehow. Have you tried to find carbon paper lately? ;D ;D

mmattockx:

--- Quote from: DC on September 07, 2020, 08:38:47 am ---Have you tried to find carbon paper lately? ;D ;D

--- End quote ---

Amazon has piles of it. The art/scrapbooking people use it these days.


Mark

Eric Krewson:
Back when I carved duck decoys 36 years ago I bought a pack of carbon paper to trace patterns, I still have that same pack and have only used a few sheets of it.

Here is my latest use of the carbon paper, making a cardboard gun pattern from a full sized plan.This is an old picture, I am old and gray now.

DC:
I had a thought last night. Not sleeping well gives you time to think. :( Assuming the curve is only in one plane could I use double side tape and stick sandpaper to one piece and wiggle it across the curve of the other. Depending on the thickness of the sandpaper the radii of the two will be slightly different but there is usually some flex in the parts. Anyone tried this? I'm going to give it a shot today.

PS It works well. Doesn't take as long as I thought either. I used 120 grit paper.

stuckinthemud:
Carbon paper is greasy and can badly affect your glue-up.  I use water as a tell-tale for finessing joints, its much more effective than carbon or chalk, and I have tried both, and leaves no residue to clean off.

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