In an earlier post we offered a very cool contraption called a Point 2 Point Layout tool to any reader willing to test it in the drapery workroom and report back. Annie Davis answered the call, and here is her report….
I was so excited to get to use my Point to Point today! I was making a cornice that needed nailheads across a banding on the bottom edge. The designer had specified that she wanted the nailheads to be 2” apart, so I just set the Point-to-Point, found the center of the cornice, then pinned at every “point”. It was the easiest nail head job I’ve ever done!
The other nice thing – I actually have 4 cornices, all different sizes, to do (same design). So I just left the Point to Point set at the right increments and the figuring is already done for the others!
Thanks so much for letting me be a part of this experiment!
In Percy Jacksons “The Lightning Thief” there is a scene where the heroes find themselves trapped in a place filled with such fascinating wonderment that all the spellbound occupants completely disregard time and never leave.
That is exactly what happens to me regularly at establishments like Cabelas, Bass Pro Shops, Electronics stores, and tool shops. Shopping (typically frowned upon by men and avoided like an overzealous mime with swine flu) there is regarded as an honorable and manly thing to do. I love to get lost in places like these. I catch myself browsing aisles filled with fascinating gadgets, and have been known to study for hours the latest features and intricate details of things like rappelling gear, planing form depth gauges, hydraulic torque wrenches, and squirrel deterrents that I will never need. Sometimes I even buy stuff like this just because it looks useful…..not to me, of course, …..but useful to someone. I am sure it is some kind of mental disorder, but it is fun, so I just roll with it.
While at Woodworkers Supply (one of my favorite manstablishments) the other day, I was deep in one of the trances described above when I found a gadget called the “Point 2 Point Layout Tool.” Naturally I bought one even though we have no use for it, but thought that it may be useful in a drapery workroom. Is anyone willing to field-test it and report back to the Whyhelser readers? We plan to send the “Point 2 Point” out to the first drapery person who steps forward.
I was so excited to get to use my Point to Point today! I was making a cornice that needed nailheads across a banding on the bottom edge. The designer had specified that she wanted the nailheads to be 2” apart, so I just set the Point-to-Point, found the center of the cornice, then pinned at every “point”. It was the easiest nail head job I’ve ever done! 
The other nice thing – I actually have 4 cornices, all different sizes, to do (same design). So I just left the Point to Point set at the right increments and the figuring is already done for the others!
