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| Checking the direction of maximum flexibility. |
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Cutting out a printer-sized sheet. |
After cutting the sheets, I used my computer's text-editing
program to make a page of graphics for printing. I set up
a custom-sized sheet at 8-1/3" x 12-1/2" and then
inserted some eggs, bunnies and chicks from the Easter-themed
clip art that came with the software. I used the same program
to sketch an eggcup consisting of two parts that fit together
after cutting. I made them yellow to keep with my springtime
color theme. I copied the eggcup pattern onto the sheet four
times.
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| Graphics ready for printing. |
I put a border around each clip-art image, which acted as
a guide for aligning the images when cutting several at once
on the scroll saw. I removed the paper from my printer and
inserted the plywood. The printer driver does not have plywood
as a media option, so instead I selected "heavy card"
in the printing properties set-up. I also set the paper size
to one that was user-defined at 8-1/3" x 12-1/2".
The first time I tried printing the sheet, it didn't feed
into my printer; it reported a paper jam and failed. Next,
I tried gently pushing the sheet when it started to feed,
but this didn't do the trick either. So, to make the edge
look more like cardstock, I bevelled the leading edge of the
sheet using a sanding drum on the drill press.
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