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 Single-wall corrugated carton board sheets.
Inner and outer liner 175 g/m2, B or C flute 175 g/m2
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More details on
how to order custom made corrugated carton board are found
here. |
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Custom-made
wooden base table.
Note: The size of the table has to match the
one of the base map and custom-cut carton boards. |
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All-purpose glue,
gallon and 16
fl oz. bottles, non toxic PVAC based adhesive.
Soluble in water.
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Plastic bucket,
needed for
diluting glue to the
the appropriate fluidity.
Plastic container.
Approximate diameter
180
mm (1 liter capacity) |
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Egg whisks, necessary
for
thoroughly mixing
the glue with water.Stapler with refill |
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Carbon paper sheets, to assemble
into a large carbon paper to use for tracing contours from the base map
onto the carton board sheets. To see process
click here! |
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Custom-made base map. More details on how to
prepare the base map are available here. |
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Foldback Clip 25mm (sprung metal
clip); needed to join base
map, carbon paper and carton board before tracing. |
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Pencil eraser |
Color permanent marker, black, blue, green and red |
Artline Pen set |
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 Design Pencils # 2
for tracing single contour lines on carton board sheets. |
Pencil sharpener |
Office paper white 80 g/m2 |
Attendance certificates.
Better do these by your own
with a color inkjet printer
during the mapping exercise.
This is a
cheaper and more practical solution. |
200g/m2 office paper for cutting out labels |
Scissor |
Small scissor |
Scissor
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Masking tape (2') |
Scotch tape (1') |
packing tape (2' ) |
Hammer |
Nails (1/2 kg 0.5'; 1/2 kg 2.5" and 1/2 kg
5") |
Dressmaker steel pins |
Coping
saw |
Coping
saw:
the best tool for cutting contours out of carton board sheets. |
Coping saw blades |
Pliers |
Cutter and spare blades |
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Plastic caliper |
Tape measure (3 m) |
Scaled ruler |
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Hand compass.
Needed to orient the blank model properly to
facilitate orientation of informants when inputting data on the model. |
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Painting brush # 0
Painting Brush # 2
Painting Brush # 7
Painting Brush # 10
Painting Brush # 12 |
Brush 25 mm
Brush
63 mm
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Acrylic paint
(student grade, less expensive than professional grade) Colors: Red,
yellow, blue, white, black, orange, different types of green, light
blue, orange, violet, brown, okra, etc.
Acrylic paint is
fast-drying paint containing pigment suspended in an acrylic polymer
resin. Acrylic paints can be diluted with water, but become
water-resistant when dry. Depending on how much the paint is diluted
(with water), the finished acrylic painting can resemble a watercolor or
an oil painting. |
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Clear plastic jars (0.5 - 0.75
liters) to store
secondary colors obtained by mixing primary or other colors. |
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Crepe paper (white only).
White
crepe paper is cut into small rectangles and used to consolidate and
smoothen the model landscape. |
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Hand-knitting yarn.
Color-coded
yarns are used to depict lines (roads, trails, rivers, boundaries, etc.
on the relief model). |
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Map pin with round head mod. 1204 (4 mm)
(1000 pc bag). Colors: White, black, royal blue, jade
green, light green, sky blue, orange, yellow, red and brown. More
details on map pins including suppliers are available
here. |
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Push pin mod. MP-10 (10 mm head) (1000 pc
bag). Colors: White, royal blue, jade green, yellow and red. More
details on map pins including suppliers are available
here. |
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 Push pin mod. A-150 (1000 pc bag). Colors: White, black, royal blue, jade green, yellow and red.
More details on map pins including suppliers are available
here. |
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Push pin mod. CL-8 (1000 pc/bag). Colors: White, royal blue, jade green and yellow.
More details on map pins including suppliers are available
here. |
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Yellow cotton cable.
Yellow cotton yarn
is used to compose a grid on the top of the model. The grid is used to
input and extract geo-referenced data to and from the model. |
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One or two sets of numbers and letters
are needed to identify each single square which will result from the
gridding of the model. |
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Plastic-laminated north arrow |
Plastic-laminated Quick Reference guide
Essential tool to facilitate scaling of
mental maps when these are depicted by informants on the model.
More on the subject of georeferencing and scaling indigenous knowledge
is found here. |
North arrow and legend are embedded into the landscape
of the relief model.
Read more on
the importance of the legend items |
 Plumb line |
The plumb line is necessary when tipping the model for
extracting data via a digital camera.
More on this subject is found
here. |
Plumb line |
