Okay, so I'm late and catching up, but Gunner
wrote on Mon, 15 May 2006 17:44:14 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking :
On 15 May 2006 16:29:43 GMT, steamer wrote:

--It may sound silly in our "modern" age but you can't do better
than graph paper and a pair of scissors for this..

Indeed. And dont just use the physical footprint of the machine..but
the working envelope.

Do remember to add a smidgen (round up). Nothing like discovering that
it won't sit flush with the wall (Where you made your measurement), and
that pushed things out of "alignment".
As for working envelope, do not forget to allow for room for the
operator to wiggle around so he can see what needs to be looked at.

Ask me how I learned that lesson....sigh

So nu? "how did you learn that lesson?" I hope from watching someone
else do a foolish thing. Or are you the smart person who learns from your
own mistakes. :-)
--
pyotr filipivich.
as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."