Re: [GZG-TER] Measuring Sticks

>Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 11:12:59 +0100
>From: CGS <michael@carrickfergus.schoolzone.co.uk>
>Subject: [GZG-TER] Measuring Sticks

>I have made up two 18" measuring sticks, divided into 36" parts - red,
>yellow and green. They look fantastic and make me realise how small my
>table is (but it should be 86' by the weekend!).

>I am tempted to make a portable version - 3 12" lengths of brass rod
>with smaller diameter rod inside so they fit together - I wonder how
>easy it would be to put a thread on them? If paint does not hold I
>suppose I could use engineers' blue to colour either the end ones or
the
>middle ones.
>Maybe I should stick with a tape measure...

I'm in the process of doing the exact same thing.  Originally, I made
range sticks with 4' of dowel.	Nice, but the wood started slightly
warped
(and it's near impossible to find a straight piece) and got worse over
time.  Now I'm making the same sticks out of aluminum tubing (it's
lighter than brass).  My suggestion would be to prime the rod first with
auto primer and then spray-paint on the range colors.  Just use tape to
mask the ranges you've already painted.

>BTW what table sizes does everyone use? What is 'normal' or rather what
>is the mean table size? Is the US/UK size split real?

I enjoy playing on a 4'x6' table.  It's a good size for reaching minis
and
being able to take in the whole battle.  Though the occasional game of
FT
on a 6'x8' table is fun due to the extra maneuvering room.

A temporally displaced		Bill Nitsche (bnitsche@u.washington.edu)
	hobbit			Oceanography, University of Washington