Hi Keith The wood scriber tool has been around for many a year and all it is just a shaft with a scriber sticking out and this passes through a block with a screw which you can tighten onto the shaft at any length.
I use it when I am using my steel cut off machine so all the pieces are the same length. I use the back end of the block held against the end of the steel and the end of the shaft buts up against the cut off wheel. The combination square also has been around for as long and also very useful in your workshop so ask your tool supplier for one when you are next there. You could make yourself a wood scriber with different length of shafts but this was handed down from my family so it is a keep sake. It even has a wooden screw with a wing nut type handle. Regards Ray From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Keith Christian Sent: Tuesday, 30 December 2008 2:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Measuring devices Hi Ray, I am not familiar with a scribing block or a combination square? Are they tools that you made? I get the idea that they are telescoping rods with a nut on them to stop them from moving in or out. Sounds like something I could make with copper tubing and a clamp. Good ideas. Thanks, Keith Posted by: "Ray Boyce" [email protected] <mailto:rayb101%40westnet.com.au> Date: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:46 pm ((PST)) What I use for small jobs for example when I am cutting off multiple lengths of the same length is the good old wooden scribing block. You can move the stem in or out and lock it off with the tightening screw. Or you can use the combination square again locking it off at the desired length. For larger jobs use a tape measure but buy one with the best locking mechanism you can find, but after locking it off at the desired length put your fingers down over the tape so it does not move in or out while transferring it to the wood or steel to be cut. Another device I use is a curtain track which opens out to 12 feet and slides inside each other very tightly. You can slide it out to the length required and again transfer it to the piece to be cut. Look around your home or workshop and adapt whatever you have to do the job. It is amazing what you can come up with. Ray [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
