EasyScribe - has anyone used one?

[Oryxdesign]

I've got one that came free with my jigsaw so I've never had to buy one. Mine are branded Festool.

You could try here

http://www.mehr-als-werkzeug.de/product ... Marker.htm

 

[chippy1970]

Cheers, wow you got one free with your jigsaw. Actually I seem to remember seeing a festool branded one online once.

 

[nathandavies]

I was taught and always have used an offcut of wood, free and always to hand.

 

[chippy1970]

I was taught and always have used an offcut of wood, free and always to hand.

So was I but its not always the easiest or best way to do things

 

[Oryxdesign]

Yep sometimes I do that too but not often

 

[mailee]

Those are available here: http://www.felder-tooling.co.uk/catalog ... lel+scribe Bit expensive for a bit of plastic but still a good tool. :wink:

 

[chippy1970]

Well spotted , just short of £8 but they want nearly £10 postage ,ouch

 

[brendan 20jb]

Hi Charley,

I have used an Easyscribe more than most people as I am the man who developed the Easyscribe, so maybe I am a bit biased in my opinion. I like most of the other guys have used all sorts to scribe with in my thirty years as a carpenter from griping a pencil between my finger and thumb using a compass, cutting small bits of wood to give the correct gap. But that all told me there should be a tool for this, just like men used to hammer things with rocks the claw hammer came along and the rocks where forgot about.
I made a small tool with a flat blade and found it to be a great help. It was after I fell of and broke my neck building my own house and fearing I would not be able to work as a carpenter again, I decided to develop that little tool I had. The tool was originally designed to mark a door to fit into a frame in one fitting and when I was in my prime I could hang 13 hollow panel doors with the latches and handles on. I spent a lot of time designing the Easyscribe making it one hand adjustable and operable with a thin pencil lead that is 2mm wide for strength and durability, the tool comes with 4 leads. They are easy to order on line and more and more shops are stocking the tool with Trend as the main distributor in the UK. A blade that moves in and out so the tool can be used for back set lines and slip into gaps between materials. It is slim and fits in the leg pockets of work trousers so is always on hand. The tool is manufactured in the UK so maybe not as cheep as something out of China but still great value for money. I have been delighted with the reviews from carpenters who have bought the tool on eBay.

Cheers,

Brendan

 

[Oryxdesign]

Hi Brendan, how about doing a Passaround of one, you may convince all the doubters to buy one ;-)

Simon

 

[Graham Orm]

Your comments made me look again Brendan, it looks a handy tool, I'd have bought one to give it a try if it were under £10 (stop laughing at me please). I realise there's costs involved, but at that price no potential regular user (like me) is likely to buy one in my humble opinion.

 

[ColeyS1]

Just spotted this in a felder book and remembered this thread

Not quite as pretty looking though
Coley

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[Oryxdesign]

Pretty ugly! Incidentally these always seem to be demoed incorrectly by my experience, the flat side should be held flat to the wall along it length like this (i should have had it upright really)

 

[ColeyS1]

Would you say the plastic jobby is any better than using compasses ? Might put up with the looks if it performed a bit better.

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[Oryxdesign]

I would yes, the advantage is that when you hold them flat to the wall the distance between the wall and the pencil tip is constant the angle does not vary but them being tilted up and down or side to side. Its each to their own though some people I know have a triangle with notches or use an off cut their finger a lolly stick etc but for me they are by far the best method. I agree btw that £6 seems a lot to pay for two bits of plastic and a cheap pencil, and they are very cheaply made, you'll notice mine have a bit of tape to hold the pencil tight but I won't swap them for a £30 fancy thing.

 

[ColeyS1]

Thanks for the info I guess being plastic it might be a bit easier on the wall paint. Quite often I'll see a faint line where I've dragged the compasses against the wall.

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[blackrodd]

Many thanks for all the replies and suggestions guys. I think I will try and find a good quality compass that won't change setting as I use it.

I use one of these http://www.axminster.co.uk/faithfull-fa ... rod911052/

Locks in position and takes a standard pencil. Not sure I paid that sort of money for it though, might be able to find something cheaper with a bit of googling ?

Cheers, Paul

Paul

Thanks for that. Are you happy with the quality of yours?

Only place that I found it cheaper than Axi was Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faithfull-200mm ... uctDetails

Hello Charlie, I use any thing, much the same as Bern.
But for one handed scribing the Faithful item above, mentioned, gets my vote for price and ease of use.
HTH Regards Rodders

 

[Markymark]

Hi I have just bought an easyscribe from Axminster tools as I was looking for a lockable compass but they seem to be avoided for higher profit margin solutions. On first look it was very plastic based and not very robust. My first use went well but as I am new to scribing I wondered how I would scribe round the detail on architraving.

Then came the problem. The lead broke. It was then and only then that I thought I was having issues as the lead replacements are specialist flat profile and would have to be sourced separately. Easy scribe had become cant source the lead replacement scribe.

Hope this helps.

 

[thetyreman]

Hi I have just bought an easyscribe from Axminster tools as I was looking for a lockable compass but they seem to be avoided for higher profit margin solutions. On first look it was very plastic based and not very robust. My first use went well but as I am new to scribing I wondered how I would scribe round the detail on architraving.

Then came the problem. The lead broke. It was then and only then that I thought I was having issues as the lead replacements are specialist flat profile and would have to be sourced separately. Easy scribe had become cant source the lead replacement scribe.

Hope this helps.

you are 5 years late

 

[Nelsun]

Hi I have just bought an easyscribe from Axminster tools as I was looking for a lockable compass but they seem to be avoided for higher profit margin solutions. On first look it was very plastic based and not very robust. My first use went well but as I am new to scribing I wondered how I would scribe round the detail on architraving.

Then came the problem. The lead broke. It was then and only then that I thought I was having issues as the lead replacements are specialist flat profile and would have to be sourced separately. Easy scribe had become cant source the lead replacement scribe.

Hope this helps.

Trend do a rebadge on the Easyscribe me thinks. If that's the case you can find lead for it on The Bay if you search for "Trend E/SB/10".

 

[Jacob]

Hi has anyone used EasyScribe http://www.easyscribe.co.uk/ ?

What did you think of it or are there better products on the market and if so which?

Useless gadget. It'll almost certainly make the job more difficult.
Just use a pencil (with or without packers as per earlier posts).