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Patternmaking is the old world craft of making detailed wood positives from which molds for metal castings are made.

Patternmaking is the old world craft of making detailed wood positives from which molds for metal castings are made. It is equal parts precision woodworking and engineering and requires a formidable sense of spacial relationships. As computers take over patternmaking, fewer and fewer people know how to do it by hand. But doing it by hand makes all the difference when you want a handcrafted feel.