Pasta Machine Thickness Guide Using Playing Cards

Video #426: A standardized way to reference thickness settings across all brands of pasta machines around the world... More Info: http://www.beadsandbeading.com/blog/?... Polymer Clay Tutor.

Topics Covered In This Video:

Making a playing card thickness guide for your pasta machine.

There are a gazillion different pasta machine brands around the world, and each one measures thickness differently.

As an instructor, when I'm teaching a technique in a tutorial, it is very important that everyone uses the the same thickness, otherwise the cane design or the technique, may not work out very well.

A while ago, several polymer clay artists came up with the idea of using playing cards to reference their pasta machine thickness settings. It is a great idea since the card stock thickness of playing cards is pretty standard because of strict regulations in place in the casino and gaming industries.

To the best of my knowledge, it was Maggie Maggio and Sage Bray who originally came up with the playing card measuremment idea.

In today's video I demonstrate how to measure and record the number of cards that it takes to document the settings on your pasta machine.

Finally, we can now speak the same language... at least when it comes to determining exactly how thick our polymer clay sheets need to be for any given technique. No longer does it matter than your Pasta Machine Setting #5 is differnt than mine.

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