Thread: Which is right?
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Old 04-26-2018, 04:30 PM
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OJ,
Symmetry is not what you get but what you make it.

After just 35 restorations, done back when I was a pup, I started to realize that you had to make it look right - but not necessary measure out right.
Templates/patterns help determine how far off, but I only need things to look right.

Although - I had one tough customer (aviation hall of fame AND automotive hall of fame, and etc etc) who made me template the whole car and make it all symmetric. And re-space all the hundreds of rivets. Tough job, endless nitpicks.

--and then there is the optical "conclusion" .... happens when it measures out but never looks right until it is tweaked.
sigh.
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