[amayausers.com] Re: Level designs/ snap line
- From: Marilou Johnstone <terriertamer@xxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:18:30 -0700
Thanks a lot. This is a great idea. Marilou
On Nov 13, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Juli Damazo wrote:
I know what a snap line is in the construction trade... can you
share what
you mean here?
And the construction trade is exactly where I got the idea. My son
is a tile layer and he gets his tile perfectly straight by using
snap lines. So here goes.
I went to the local hardware/craft store and bought a large (the
largest I
could find) hand embroidery hoop. I only used the part that is
solid. And
I bought "snap line" in the hardware dept. I asked my fisherman
hubby what
knot I should use and tied one line from top to bottom. Then I
lined that
string up on the floor - on the tile - which gave me an exact
perpendicular
line and tied my second line. I then had perfect cross hairs. I
use school
chalk - I found that I usually only need red or blue to mark any
fabric. I
rub the chalk on the underside of the strings, line the cross hairs
up on my
shirt (or whatever) and snap the line. Bingo, the perfect placement
lines.
Then I have marked all my hoops with a sharpie. I line up the chalk
lines
with the marks on the hoop and hoop. I get perfect placement every
time.
If I make another one, I would put the second string below the
halfway mark
because it is nice for the string to extend beyond the shoulder
line. And
unless you have an enormous hoop to tie the strings on, it won't be
big
enough. So I'd just move the secong string down. I would still be
exactly
perpendicular to the first string.
Simple, cheap and wonderful! You could use any frame, like a
picture frame.
The snap-line string I would definently buy because it doesn't
stretch very
much. Kite string stretches a lot! and you'd have to retie you
strings all
the time.
Juli in Kona
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