nice quality scribing jig brand new product

[ajones]

I saw this scribing jig at the D&m retail opportunity today and thought it was worth sharing it looks like a well made and thought out bit of kit..

 

[Kev]

I've seen similar things to that, but yes - very useful.

 

[joiner1970]

That's a shame we could've met up I was there today too.

I don't rate those scribing gadgets I saw it when it come out. I watched the guy using it on Friday and the finish was terrible. The cut edge was rough and when the cutter came out the top of the skirting it left a right mess. That was on mdf too , god knows what it would be like on solid wood.

Nope I will stick to my tried and test coping saw or jigsaw, not that much slower

 

[Alan m]

how much are the asking for it

 

[Nippychippy]

That's a shame we could've met up I was there today too.

I don't rate those scribing gadgets I saw it when it come out. I watched the guy using it on Friday and the finish was terrible. The cut edge was rough and when the cutter came out the top of the skirting it left a right mess. That was on mdf too , god knows what it would be like on solid wood.

Nope I will stick to my tried and test coping saw or jigsaw, not that much slower

Ye I don't get it they brought out some thing that is not really  any quicker or easyer

 

[ajones]

how much are the asking for it

It was just shy of £300 maybe the router bit was shot on friday ? there was a good finish on the cuts I looked at.

 

[Davej]

What a load of faffing about , by time you set it up I could have done half a dozen scibes. Only any good if everything is absolutely identical and you were cutting loads af a time. . Nearly £300 , ouch !

 

[GhostFist]

I'm on Dave's team

 

[JeromeM]

Almost too many problems to get over
1st the bit has to be very thin to get into the profiles. Problems: bit life, safe depth of cut.
2nd it has to be very long. Problems: breakage, flexing.
3rd the bit shank rides on the jig Problem: so the jig is unable to cut smaller concave radius curves than the bit shank, the bit needs a long shank, breakage, flexing, special very long bits= high replacement price and restricted supply.
4th Problem: very slow setup time for new profiles.

 

[ajones]

Almost too many problems to get over
1st the bit has to be very thin to get into the profiles. Problems: bit life, safe depth of cut.
2nd it has to be very long. Problems: breakage, flexing.
3rd the bit shank rides on the jig Problem: so the jig is unable to cut smaller concave radius curves than the bit shank, the bit needs a long shank, breakage, flexing, special very long bits= high replacement price and restricted supply.
4th Problem: very slow setup time for new profiles.

no problems to get over

the bit is a special spiral bit designed for slotting and has a 4mm dia.

the bit shank does not ride on the jig the only contact between the router and the jig is a 30mm hole in the jig that a router guide bush drops into.
the jig has its own pin that copys the profile.

it does only take a few minutes to set  up a new profile and usually scirting or base is the same through out one property.

it even has a 4mm undercut so the joint is always tight at the front.. for out of square joints

 

[Deansocial]

How doe the under cut work? As the skirting profile goes deeper it surely gets undercut to so ends up short?

 

[ajones]

Dean its onlly 4deg so there is no visible gap in the scribe

the router drops into a two way slide via a 30mm gude bush and one part of  the slide is bevelled..

perfect for square and out of square internal scribes

 

[Deansocial]

Heres a vid from 2007

 

[ajones]

Dean same company the guy looks like one of the guys at the d&m show looks like an earlier version..in your vid

Which is funny I it was niggling away at me thinking it looked familiar [big grin]

 

[joiner1970]

They should get Tommy Walsh to put his name to it

Just like that stupid brick laying template gizmo

 

[ajones]

They should get Tommy Walsh to put his name to it

Just like that stupid brick laying template gizmo

Its a well made bit of kit and it works...... but its all about perceived value, I am a little suprised that there seems to be little in the way of positive comments..

 

[semenza]

I could see that being really fast for a lot of copes that are all the same.

Pretty sure most of us in the USA would call that a coping jig.

Seth

 

[ajones]

I could see that being really fast for a lot of copes that are all the same.

Pretty sure most of us in the USA would call that a coping jig.

Seth

Hey they said the states where  next so you might see it in a shop near you sometime

 

[greg mann]

I could see that being really fast for a lot of copes that are all the same.

Pretty sure most of us in the USA would call that a coping jig.

Seth

Especially true when one starts to get tired of following the edge manually after a handful of copes. I will never do enough to warrant buying one but if I did crown all day long quite often I might just get tired of all that coping. The left over radii in tight corners could probably disappear after a few light strokes with a file.