Q: How do you use French curves for woodworking?
Draw your curve on paper first with a small template, then align the large template using the matching reference holes to transfer the same curve onto your stock at full scale.
05N7805 - Set of 6 French Curves
Like the traditional drawing aids they are modelled after, our French curves serve as templates to draw various curved lines, but are specifically made with woodworking applications in mind.
The set includes three small templates for design and three large ones for building. For designing at the 1:4 scale commonly used in the workshop, each large template is four times the size of its smaller counterpart. This means you can first draw the curve on paper using a small template, then use the large template to transfer the same curve onto your stock at full scale. To help you start and end your line at exactly the same point on both templates, matching patterns of holes placed in the same relative locations on the two templates serve as reference points, helping ensure that the line you draw with the large template corresponds precisely with the line you drew with the small one.
All are CNC-routed from 3mm thick Baltic birch plywood, making the small templates rigid enough for design on paper, while the larger ones flex slightly to conform to contoured workpieces. Made in Canada.
Draw your curve on paper first with a small template, then align the large template using the matching reference holes to transfer the same curve onto your stock at full scale.
They're CNC-routed from 3mm thick Baltic birch plywood, which keeps the small templates rigid for paper work and lets the large ones flex slightly against contoured stock.
This set of Veritas French Curves includes six templates in total: three small ones for designing on paper and three large ones, each four times the size of its small counterpart, for transferring the curve to full-scale stock.
The small templates need to stay flat and rigid for accurate paper design work, while the large ones flex slightly on purpose so they can conform to contoured or curved workpieces during layout.
| Materials | Baltic birch plywood |
| Dimensions | 3mm thick; large templates four times the scale of matching small templates |
| Includes | Small templates; large templates |
| Color/Finish | Light wood |
| Package Quantity | Set of 6 |
| Country of Origin | Canada |
| Warranty | Lee Valley Satisfaction Guarantee |
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Veritas French Curves
Like the traditional drawing aids they are modelled after, our French curves serve as templates to draw various curved lines, but are specifically made with woodworking applications in mind.
The set includes three small templates for design and three large ones for building. For designing at the 1:4 scale commonly used in the workshop, each large template is four times the size of its smaller counterpart. This means you can first draw the curve on paper using a small template, then use the large template to transfer the same curve onto your stock at full scale. To help you start and end your line at exactly the same point on both templates, matching patterns of holes placed in the same relative locations on the two templates serve as reference points, helping ensure that the line you draw with the large template corresponds precisely with the line you drew with the small one.
All are CNC-routed from 3mm thick Baltic birch plywood, making the small templates rigid enough for design on paper, while the larger ones flex slightly to conform to contoured workpieces. Made in Canada.
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