Gasket making

["Wayne Farrington" <w.farrington@verizon.net>]

So, there I was, in my shop, rebuilding the carburetor on my riding lawn
mower. I needed to make some quick gaskets for the carb to intake, and
carb to airpipe joints. I realize I could just buy new gaskets, but for
this type of thing I'd rather just make some gaskets out of gasket
material.

What are some tricks to making a "pattern" for the gasket when I cannot
lay the actual part on the material and trace? Maybe use some tracing
paper, and "shading" the outline of the part?

Wayne