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    • pilouP Offline
      pilou
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      @unknownuser said:

      and the french Curve

      what is a the "french Curve" ?

      Frenchy Pilou
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      • pilouP Offline
        pilou
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        I know what is it , but want to know why this is named like that ๐Ÿ˜„
        Maybe something like "System D" ? (don't know if that exist on the new world?)

        http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Krzywiki.jpg/433px-Krzywiki.jpg

        Frenchy Pilou
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        • TIGT Offline
          TIG Moderator
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          We digress too far ............
          PS: Pilou are you the rider or the camel ? ๐Ÿคฃ

          TIG

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          • pilouP Offline
            pilou
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            Sometime I am no sure ๐Ÿ˜†

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            • TIGT Offline
              TIG Moderator
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              It's a 'French-curve' probably because you invented it... with the 'letter', 'kiss' and so on ? ๐Ÿ˜‰

              TIG

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                pilou
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                Maybe, I must make some investigations, if i found something pertinent about that, i will put it here ๐Ÿ˜„

                In French these tools are named "Pistol" or "Parrot" (pistolet, perroquet)

                Frenchy Pilou
                Is beautiful that please without concept!
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                  david_h
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                  @unknownuser said:

                  In French these tools are named "Pistol" or "Parrot" (pistolet, perroquet)
                  that makes sense. . . ๐Ÿ˜’ ๐Ÿ’š

                  ils sont fous ces gaulois!

                  If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                    arjunmax09
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                    [quote="Pilou"]@ Arjun : thx for Hindi lesson language ๐Ÿ‘ /[quote]

                    My pleasure!! ๐Ÿ˜„ btw why people use @ arjun?? on facebook i also saw this what's the meaning of @ arjun?? and why not Arjun??

                    when you fail at something....you haven't really failed...you've found one way the thing will not work out

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      It indicates "at" Arjun meaning they are addressing that part to you.

                      Gai...

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                        arjunmax09
                        last edited by

                        @gaieus said:

                        It indicates "at" Arjun meaning they are addressing that part to you.

                        so isn't straightaway writing Arjun a better option?? ๐Ÿ˜’

                        when you fail at something....you haven't really failed...you've found one way the thing will not work out

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                          Gaieus
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                          This is just a forum "habit" or "custom". Just like adding smiley's.
                          ๐Ÿ˜‰

                          Gai...

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                            arjunmax09
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                            whoa whoa hohoo hooho ๐Ÿ˜† people have really become nostalgic about french curves here man!!! well i'm was not really good at french curves in my Architectural Drawing subject in my second year.specifically the solid geometry thingyyy.. we had to draw conical sections and still find french curves really cumbersome i have a 12 piece set...I'm like ๐Ÿ˜† ...try this one... oh no it doesn't work.. ๐Ÿ˜’ ok..try this one...the curve is slight imperfect ๐Ÿ˜’ .....okay try this one...this one is also crappy!! ๐Ÿ˜  .....why do we use french curves at all??? ๐Ÿ˜’

                            when you fail at something....you haven't really failed...you've found one way the thing will not work out

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                              August
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                              Pardon the bump on a digression that is over two weeks old, but I had to comment because I used to use those tools too. I have a set of ruling pens and compasses of different sizes and a small set of French curves.

                              And I used to have a K&E log-log, duplex-vector slide rule. It had 20 scales, a magnifying slider, and a leather case with a belt-clip.

                              @arjunmax09 said:

                              ...why do we use french curves at all???
                              Because we cannot do it freehand. Or we cannot afford someone with the skill to do it freehand.

                              And because we did not have computers or paper-tape-driven plotters, or any of the other things that have been tried because French curves are so hard to use.

                              If doing it the hard way is the only way and if it must be done, then you do it the hard way.

                              The Apollo missions went to the Moon based on calculations done with slide-rules; they did not have calculators or computers. But they got it done.

                              FWIW,
                              August

                              โ€œAn idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.โ€
                              [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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                                david_h
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                                @unknownuser said:

                                The Apollo missions went to the Moon based on calculations done with slide-rules; they did not have calculators or computers. But they got it done.

                                Or least the government faked it all on a sound stages --all with just slide rules, french curves and super-8 cameras. But they got it done! ๐Ÿ˜†

                                If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                  August
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                                  @unknownuser said:

                                  Or least the government faked it all on a sound stages --all with just slide rules, french curves and super-8 cameras. But they got it done! ๐Ÿ˜†

                                  Yep. It was all part of a centuries-old conspiracy to fool everyone into denying the evidence of their eyes and letting "authorities" convince them that the world is round.

                                  โ€œAn idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.โ€
                                  [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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                                    We go to the moon but we can't know why these tools are named "french curve"! ๐Ÿ’š
                                    That is strange bizarre ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                    Frenchy Pilou
                                    Is beautiful that please without concept!
                                    My Little site :)

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                                      August
                                      last edited by

                                      @unknownuser said:

                                      We go to the moon but we can't know why these tools are named "french curve"! ๐Ÿ’š
                                      That is strange bizarre ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

                                      The only Frenchman in the discussion is the one who has names like Parrot and Pistol for the different shapes. I think that answers the question. I suspect that in 19th Century architecture they were indispensable for designing French-styled embellishments.

                                      โ€œAn idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.โ€
                                      [floatr:v1mcbde2]-- Charles Dickens[/floatr:v1mcbde2]

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