Tracking the Elusive Tracing Paper

I use this stuff for the small planes...

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Dan D.
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Got a call the other night from a total stranger .... He's trying to track down some tracing paper.

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Architects use it by the running yard, at least those of the old
school. Sometimes it's easier to think with a pencil than with a CAD
program when doing preliminary sketches.

Waxed
paper makes great tracing paper but nowadays most folks don't carry those
narrow-lead wax pencils you need to write on the stuff.

Usually referred to these days as "Film pencils" or "Mylar pencils".
Try colored leads for a mechanical pencil. You trace on the less waxy
side.

Truth is, I haven't used real tracing paper since the late 1950's when it was
replaced by frosted acetate and later by frosted Mylar.

Mylar gets a bit spendy, and Acetate is worse. The non-frosted stuff
can be marked with a Sharpie. The frosted stuff (a starch coating
gets put on it) can take pencil or pen.
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Another way to transfer plans is to use Dressmakers Carbon and a
tracing wheel. Transfer directly onto whatever you're going to use,
either for a pattern, a jig, or a part.