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1,832 blueprints available • 11 subcategories

Blueprints (1,832)

Heads and Tension: Why a Drum Has a Pitch You Can Argue About

Heads and Tension: Why a Drum Has a Pitch You Can Argue About

by WoodyNO

Woodworking

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Bore and Tone Holes: A Hole Can Be Made Bigger and Not Smaller

Bore and Tone Holes: A Hole Can Be Made Bigger and Not Smaller

by WoodyNO

Woodworking

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The Soundboard: A String Alone Is Almost Silent

The Soundboard: A String Alone Is Almost Silent

by WoodyNO

Woodworking

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Placing the Frets: The Rule of 18 Is Wrong, and by How Much

Placing the Frets: The Rule of 18 Is Wrong, and by How Much

by WoodyNO

Woodworking

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What Sets the Pitch: Length, Tension, Mass, and Nothing Else

What Sets the Pitch: Length, Tension, Mass, and Nothing Else

by WoodyNO

Woodworking

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Substantive and Adjective: Which Dyes Need a Mordant and Which Do Not

Substantive and Adjective: Which Dyes Need a Mordant and Which Do Not

by TexFO

Textile & Leather

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Exhaust Baths: The Shade Ladder Is Free, the Matched Set Is Not

Exhaust Baths: The Shade Ladder Is Free, the Matched Set Is Not

by TexFO

Textile & Leather

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Mordants Beyond Alum: Why Cotton Needs Tannin and Iron Needs Restraint

Mordants Beyond Alum: Why Cotton Needs Tannin and Iron Needs Restraint

by TexFO

Textile & Leather

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Weight of Fibre: The One Number Every Dye Recipe Is Built On

Weight of Fibre: The One Number Every Dye Recipe Is Built On

by TexFO

Textile & Leather

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Distortion and Sequence: The Weld Pulls, So Decide Where It Pulls To

Distortion and Sequence: The Weld Pulls, So Decide Where It Pulls To

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

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Fillet and Butt: Sizing the Weld the Joint Actually Needs

Fillet and Butt: Sizing the Weld the Joint Actually Needs

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

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Reading a Casting: Porosity, Cold Shuts and Inclusions Each Name a Cause

Reading a Casting: Porosity, Cold Shuts and Inclusions Each Name a Cause

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

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Risers: Metal Shrinks When It Freezes, and the Hole Goes Somewhere

Risers: Metal Shrinks When It Freezes, and the Hole Goes Somewhere

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

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Gating: Getting the Metal In Without Wrecking the Mould

Gating: Getting the Metal In Without Wrecking the Mould

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

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The Parting Line: Where the Mould Splits Decides Everything Else

The Parting Line: Where the Mould Splits Decides Everything Else

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

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The Pattern Is Not the Part: Draft, Shrinkage and Machining Allowance

The Pattern Is Not the Part: Draft, Shrinkage and Machining Allowance

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

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Why Paintings Fail: Cracking, Yellowing, Blooming and Flaking

Why Paintings Fail: Cracking, Yellowing, Blooming and Flaking

by MaryFI

Materials

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Varnish Is a Sacrificial Layer, Not a Finish

Varnish Is a Sacrificial Layer, Not a Finish

by MaryFI

Materials

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Lightfastness: Which Colours Are Still There in Fifty Years

Lightfastness: Which Colours Are Still There in Fifty Years

by MaryFI

Materials

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Opacity and Tinting Strength: Why Some Colours Go Ten Times Further

Opacity and Tinting Strength: Why Some Colours Go Ten Times Further

by MaryFI

Materials

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Drying Is Not Evaporating: Three Different Mechanisms, Three Different Films

Drying Is Not Evaporating: Three Different Mechanisms, Three Different Films

by MaryFI

Materials

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Fat Over Lean: Why the Order of the Layers Decides Whether It Cracks

Fat Over Lean: Why the Order of the Layers Decides Whether It Cracks

by MaryFI

Materials

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The Ground: Paint Needs Something to Hold On To, and Not Sink Into

The Ground: Paint Needs Something to Hold On To, and Not Sink Into

by MaryFI

Materials

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What Paint Is: Pigment, Binder, and the Ratio Between Them

What Paint Is: Pigment, Binder, and the Ratio Between Them

by MaryFI

Materials

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