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free plans: how to make
Paper
Basic Description Paper is a part of our everyday lives, but few of us know much about how it is made. It turns out that making paper is not particularly difficult, especially if you use old paper scraps as your base. With a little practise and a few tools, you can learn to make beautiful homemade papers that can be used for notes, cards or gift wrap.


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To make paper, you will need a frame with an inside dimension slightly larger than the sheets you plan to make. You can use an old picture frame or even a standard window screen frame - anything that will allow you to provide rigidity for the mesh. We found an old piece of polycarbonate plastic and cut a frame out of it as shown on the right. This works very well because it is easy to handle. To create the cutout, we simply drilled four holes in the corners and then cut the opening with a jigsaw. You can also assemble a frame using wood slats along with nails or screws. It doesn't have to be elaborate.
we cut an opening in a piece of polycarbonate to create a papermaking frame


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