Calculate Amount Required

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="03e00500dvldtc.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="LHF Becker Monogram English" ><I><B><U>*Scale Rib Stich*</U></B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#AAAAAA" FACE="LHF Becker Monogram English" ><I> </I></FONT><I>    |</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#AAAAAA" FACE="Lucida Sans" ><I>  </I></FONT><I>  </I><I> </I><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scale Rib Stitch"><U><I>home</I></U></A></div> <div> <I>Return to</I><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scale Rib Stitch"><U><I> </I></U></A><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scale Rib Stitch"><U><I>Previous Page</I></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03fd2c00dvldtc.png"> <div> <IMG SRC="070b3790.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The value of time is immeasurable.</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><U>How to </U></I><I><U>Calculate Amount Required</U></I></div> <div> PLEASE NOTE: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" >TAPE IS SOLD BY PACKAGE</FONT></div> <div> Strips are 2" x 36".</div> <bR> <div> It is easy to find the amount of packages you will require. First you will need to know the width of the ribs or cap strips of your project. If there are different widths calculate each seperately.</div> <div> The tape comes in 2" x 36" strips and quantity differs by scale. </div> <div> 1. Start by dividing the stitching tape 2" width by your rib width to find out how many strips the width of the ribs you will get. Here we will use 1/4" (.25") for the rib width.  This result will be used in step 4.                                                                                 Sample:  2 ÷ .25" = 8                                                                                                                                        </div> <div> 2. Count the number of ribs to be stitched and multiply that by 2 since both sides will be stitched.  </div> <div> Sample: 32 x 2 = 64 rib surfaces</div> <bR> <div> 3. Measure the cord (rib length) to be stitched  and mulitiply that by the rib surface result above. Here we will use 15".                                     </div> <div> Sample: 64 x 15" = 960"</div> <bR> <div> 4. Now use the result from step one. Divide that amount into the above result.                                             </div> <div> Sample: 960" ÷ 8 = 120"</div> <bR> <div> 5. Next, find out how many 2" x 36" strips are required. Divide the above result by 36" (length of the stitching tape).                                                          </div> <div> Sample: 120" ÷ 36" = 3.33 strips</div> <bR> <div> In simple form it will look like this:</div> <div> 64 x 15" = 960" </div> <div> 960" ÷ 8 = 120"</div> <div> 120" ÷ 36" = 3.33 strips</div> <bR> <div> 6. Last, you need to know how many packages you require. Compare the amount of strips from the result above to the quantity per package of the scale required from below.                               </div> <div> <U>Quantities per package:</U>                                                                                       </div> <div> 1/6 scale = 2 strips/pkg                                                                                          </div> <div> 1/5 scale = 3 strips/pkg                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  </div> <div> 1/4 scale = 4 strips/pkg                                                                                        </div> <div> 1/3 scale = 6 strips/pkg</div> <bR> <div> Here we will require 1/4 scale. There is 4 strips per package and the result was 3.33 strips, so one package will be enough and have little left over.</div> <div> Be sure to have enough left over incase of mistakes or problems.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                                                              <<<<I>Back</I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>