How to use a pantograph - Wonder Art & Magnifier 

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good luck with your building paintings. Please post them on our forum for my feedback

@@PaintBasket Where can i purchase an inexpensive Pantograph?

this is the one I know of that is reasonable and good quality: paintbasket.com/go/pantograph

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You can do it that way. Kids are taught that way around because their eye hand co-ordination isn't that good yet, but you sit with the problem of having no pressure pressing down on the pencil so doing it the other way around is better as far as that is concerned.

@@PaintBasket True! I would put a couple of metal nuts on, to hold the pencil down.

Glad it was helpful!

sounds like a fun project :)

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It sure is :)

Different brands of pantographs attach differently. Some have a clamp that grips onto the table. Mine has a block so I use some Blu-Tac to stick that end to the table.

I usually put the "stick down" part on the edge of the table then trial and error the image and drawing paper by checking the four corners of the image to ensure they fit well

it is a song built into the video editor I used at the time. The software was called Pinnacle Studio, so unfortunately couldn't look it up for you now, sorry Luis :(

the pantograph has several settings for different sizes, including a 1:1 option

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you can do it that way, but I have found that the pencil marks are often too light as there is no pressure on the pencil, hence the reason I move the pencil as opposed to the pointer.

PaintBasket Ok i understand. But there is still something I do not understand: it is difficult to see the pointer with precision. ?

I actually put some magnetic weights rubber banded on top of the pencil and do as the comment says. :)

+kam bernard www.paintbasket.com/go/pantograph

You don't need that tool. There is a MUCH easier way. Take a pic of the picture with your phone or scan it into your computer. scale it as big as you want it and print it out.Then cover the back with charcoal rub it in with a paper towel. Turn the picture face up and tape the corners to your drawing papper so it don't move. get a mechanical pencil and trace over the image It will transfer the image onto the drawing pepper. this is a quicker and more accurate method

Quicker and more accurate, eh maybe. But definitely not any more cost effective.

Roy Boy right but you cannot modify the size

@@royboy3129 That sounds infinitely slower

the number is the amount of magnification you want so 1 is a 1:1 redraw, 2 is a double size, etc.

you can enlarge in increments, so if your picture is proportional, then it will enlarge to a 16"x20" canvas no problem

Thank you.

that is correct, you can see my head is to the side so I can see the pointer on the pantograph perfectly

depending on the design, some have reversible pins making them work for left and right handers. Other designs have a left and right hand model.

Thank you.

you move the pencil so that you can control the pressure on the paper. You don't however look at the pencil as you draw, you look at the pointer on the pantograph, which is on the reference photo.

Ronald, yes, I would call it enlarger (Pantograph) as that is what it actually does, although a magnifier does that also. I personally would not call it a magnifier but the trade name was used, nl, "Wonder Art and Magnifier".

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