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    Quote Originally Posted by mklotz View Post
    Or you can just use your pocket knife...

    https://spaco.org/Blacksmithing/FinnishPlanimeter.htm

    as a form of Prytz planimeter...

    https://www.jstor.org/stable/2971268...o_tab_contents
    Nope;
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    While I appreciate the Prytz, this one was a small priyce, cased and elegant. Reminded by idea from PJ's in ways to scale things, especially pictures. Always had a thing for K&E anyway, had this since '77. Just need to know size of something on the same sheet. Another winning scaling instrument is proportional divider
    The pocket knife is creative, but looks tedious for curved shapes.
    Last edited by Toolmaker51; Feb 18, 2021 at 06:41 PM. Reason: jff lol
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