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A colleague has an 'Easyscribe' which is fairly handy, with a dial to set and a pencil that stays parallel to the base... and about £20.

I still tend to use a pencil taped to a few window packers if I need to work one handed.
 
gidon":2g0pgfm0 said:
Mind you, it's cheap compared to this:

http://www.axminster.co.uk/veritas-transfer-scribe

Although I guess slightly different ...

Gidon

Yeah, that (Veritas being Canadian) is quite a specialised tool for log cabin construction
and is not applicable to the task being discussed.

The Veritas catalogue has several tools for working on log cabins.

BugBear
 
gidon":3cki163i said:
Actually that (Rutland) one looks quite good!

Bugbear - you have to wonder if Axminster are selling it for that purpose though!

I think they just offer "most" Veritas products.

BugBear
 
bugbear":39dagopr said:
gidon":39dagopr said:
Mind you, it's cheap compared to this:

http://www.axminster.co.uk/veritas-transfer-scribe

Although I guess slightly different ...

Gidon

Yeah, that (Veritas being Canadian) is quite a specialised tool for log cabin construction
and is not applicable to the task being discussed.

The Veritas catalogue has several tools for working on log cabins.

BugBear
Oh right. They should say that in the catalogue! A few nutters might buy it by mistake. :lol:
I wonder how they managed without it back in the days when they built millions of log cabins. Musta been really difficult if not impossible.
 
MatthewRedStars":35hho9cg said:
A colleague has an 'Easyscribe' which is fairly handy, with a dial to set and a pencil that stays parallel to the base... and about £20.

Yep I have one of those & it is quite useful at times, a tad surprised to see they are nearly £27 these days :shock:
 
They will do the job but I imagine half the attraction is that they will look nice nailed up on the wall!
Rodders
 
blackrodd":3khqwgtb said:
They will do the job but I imagine half the attraction is that they will look nice nailed up on the wall!
Rodders

Not half & at least with the two vials you would know they were hanging on the wall perfectly plumb :lol:
 
Being an inquisitive chap, I googled on the topic of scribing log joints. An interesting process, with a long history and regional variations.

An, yeah, fancy scribing tools, some even made by Starrett.

BugBear
 
bugbear":2elozxkd said:
All these people using fancy expensive compasses; a washer from the nut 'n' bolts coffee jar does the job perfectly well. :)

BugBear
... pot washer, the type with a small hole, is what I've used.

I suppose I should make a polished brass one :)
 
Doug B":26kspg69 said:
blackrodd":26kspg69 said:
They will do the job but I imagine half the attraction is that they will look nice nailed up on the wall!
Rodders

Not half & at least with the two vials you would know they were hanging on the wall perfectly plumb :lol:

:lol:
 
A scribe for adding the plank thickness to the outside of mould patterns for a clinker dinghy.
Available in any size.
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I trim a block of wood a smidgen oversized and use that to guide a pencil. It doesn't require any fancy gadgets and is always accurate.

Compasses and the Trend Easy Scribe only work if they're kept level
 

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