1. Forum
  2. Usenet
  3. REC.CRAFTS.METALWORKING

  • scribing dividers ?

    From Richard Smith@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 21 13:48:27 2025
    Hello again all

    Is there such a thing as a "scribing divider" ?

    Useful for when working on "black" steel?
    Will cut-through / mark the mill-scale surface?

    Maybe about 10inch/250m to 12inch/300mm "legs".

    If I recall rightly I have seen dividers where each leg has a smallish
    about 3mm very hard steel/carbide cylinder ground to a point. Which
    can be demounted/unclamped and resharpened.

    If so, what are these known as?
    Not doing well looking in tool catalogues.

    Else - is the answer something else like dividers with a point at one
    end yes, but a chalk / soapstone at the swept end?

    Regards,
    Rich S

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Snag@21:1/5 to Jim Wilkins on Mon Jul 21 14:36:26 2025
    On 7/21/2025 8:15 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
    "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    Hello again all

    Is there such a thing as a "scribing divider" ?

    Useful for when working on "black" steel?
    Will cut-through / mark the mill-scale surface?

    Maybe about 10inch/250m to 12inch/300mm "legs".

    If I recall rightly I have seen dividers where each leg has a smallish
    about 3mm very hard steel/carbide cylinder ground to a point.  Which
    can be demounted/unclamped and resharpened.

    If so, what are these known as?
    Not doing well looking in tool catalogues.

    Else - is the answer something else like dividers with a point at one
    end yes, but a chalk / soapstone at the swept end?

    Regards,
    Rich S

    ----------------------
    Trammel points?


    I have a divider that has a sleeve with setscrew to hold a pencil or
    round soapstone . It's about 9-10 inches long .
    --
    Snag
    We live in a time where intelligent people
    are being silenced so that
    stupid people won't be offended.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Richard Smith@21:1/5 to Jim Wilkins on Mon Jul 21 22:21:22 2025
    "Jim Wilkins" <[email protected]> writes:

    "Richard Smith" wrote in message
    news:[email protected]... Hello again all

    Is there such a thing as a "scribing divider" ?

    Useful for when working on "black" steel?
    Will cut-through / mark the mill-scale surface?

    Maybe about 10inch/250m to 12inch/300mm "legs".

    If I recall rightly I have seen dividers where each leg has a smallish
    about 3mm very hard steel/carbide cylinder ground to a point. Which
    can be demounted/unclamped and resharpened.

    If so, what are these known as?
    Not doing well looking in tool catalogues.

    Else - is the answer something else like dividers with a point at one
    end yes, but a chalk / soapstone at the swept end?

    Regards,
    Rich S

    ----------------------
    Trammel points?

    Trammel points yes.
    Forgotten about those. Yes they would be "the thing".

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)