Looking for a scribing tool that really really works on kitchen cabinets. I build almost exclusively furniture, but sometimes I get trapped with a kitchen cabinet job. Never yet saw a wall that was perfect, not even sheet rock and 2 x 4. I work mostly with straw bale, rasta block, adobe and plaster so scribing is a must. I cannot get anything to work very well especially the brand name tools. I can do better free- hand it seems. Anybody using a product that they would die for? Recommendations would be appreciated…. Thanks very much.
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Have you seen this scriber from Lee Valley?
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32577&cat=1,42936,50298&ap=1
Thanks Steve. Looks to be a quality tool. Part of the reason I'm in this business is to have money to BUY MORE TOOLS! I love tools and this is tempting. Thanks
Jay Slavec
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Take a large bearing off of pattern router bit. Put the bearing against the wall, the pencil tip inside the center of the bearing, and then roll away. Keep the pencil in the same position as you draw to avoid changing the line.
Dan Kornfeld, Owner/President - Odyssey Wood Design, Inc.
I like it! How much simple can it be? Creativity of woodworkers are amazing. Thank you.
Jay Slavec
I have just used a washer, thinner than a bearing.
Napie, you stole my thunder. I used to keep an assortment of washers just for scribing Also, every once in a while I take a box of pencils and with a miter box and a hacksaw, I cut off about 1-i/4"of the point at a 45, and tape and glue them together. Make's a handy offset scribe Also great for marking in hard to reach spaces where my fat hand won't navigate Steinmetz.
I use the Accuscribe (obtained from Amazon) and like it a lot. It's stable 2-point base makes scribing easy and very accurate. Good price, too.
Something else you may want to check out and thats the Perfect Butt, Not being a wise a-- either, Thats what it's really called. Mfg. by M Power of England. They didn't realize when labeling it, The US Meaning of Butt, We thought it was cute so left it. Anyway it's a Bearing type scriber with different sized bearings.
Work Safe, Count to 10 when your done for the day !!
Bruce S. Counter Sales, Tech Rep. http://WWW.EAGLEAMERICA.COM
Although I don't use much more than a pencil held flat on the wall to scribe, or else use templates, I did see a new scriber done by the fastcaps folks at a supplier the otherday. Didn't get a chance to play with it, but here's the website...
http://www.fastcap.com/prod2.asp?page=accuscribepro
Someone else mentioned this product as well.
BTW, check out their new products. They have several varieties of tape measures, one you can write on, another which needs viagra, but will measure curves without kinking, stick on tapes etc. Kinda neat.
There is some innovation visible there.
I also have some scribers which I obtained through the flooring suppliers, which are not terribly useful except for floor tile
I use a $2 general pencil compass. I filed the the pointy arm flat then bent it to a 90 degree angle. When held parallel to the work it is the best I have found so far. I have one with a pressurized ink cartridge in it and another with a Pentech liquid graphite pencil in it. Both leave very clear marks on prefinished material. With a little practice you can follow the squiggliest of lines. I have frequently used mine to scibe to brick.
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