https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/be6e339e-98c6-4894-8705-6d4a86bdd983 This Old House senior technical editor Mark Powers walks you through the steps involved in scaling up an image on graph paper to create a cutting template or paint stencil. (See below for a shopping list and tools.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Shopping List for How to Scale Up an Image: 1/4-inch graph paper, tape, Tools for How to Scale Up an Image: pencil, computer, printer, scissors, Steps: Place the image you'd like to scale beneath a sheet of ¼-inch graph paper. Trace the image onto the grid., Count the number of ¼-inch squares your image occupies from top to bottom., Decide on a finished height for your image. To calculate a ratio, divide that height by the number of squares. Convert your ratio from a decimal to a percentage by moving the decimal point over two spaces., Find 1-inch graph paper online. Select “Print” from your Web browser's drop-down menu. In the print dialogue box, change the number in the “Scale” box from 100 to the ratio you arrive at from Step 3. Print the graph paper., Cut the borders off your graph paper and tape the pages together to form a sheet large enough to cover your scaled image., Copy your image, square for square, onto the scaled graph paper., Cut out your scaled image. Now you can lay it on plywood to cut out a router template or cut the pattern from acetate to make a paint stencil., Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House Insider to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Scale Up an Image | This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:28:04 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/be6e339e-98c6-4894-8705-6d4a86bdd983 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.