Using a picture to create a part

How To Design
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I have this handle that I make using a scroll saw. The picture that I have of it shows tons of flaws, such as cuts inside and outside of the actual handle. How do I clean this up using Carbide Create (free)? And how do I get the handle to have straight lines?

this handle
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See:

If you’re still stuck, let us know the overall dimensions and we’ll walk through this with you.

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Using free programs on the internet and MS paint- copy your tool on a copy maching makeing a Black and white image, export as a jpeg image. Now import into carbide the image, trace with the carbide tool getting a cut line for carbide to generate a tool path. using carbide, you can fix bumps and goofs and curves easly, then carve the design desired to the shape and sized needed. Tom

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This image looks to have sufficient contrast that with a bit of a Threshold adjustment, it should work for auto-tracing in Carbide Create:

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