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Forum favourite Peter Millard has an ace video on scribing. I think this was the one my gf described as the most boring video she has ever seen, but that was before I watched the one on MFT hardware.
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Sharkstar-
Yeah that’s gold, cheers. Will give it a bash.
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I used to know him and would bump into him when I lived and worked in Shepherd's Bush.
It's a good video but is limited, that technique is great for walls but will leave you in trouble if you are scribing to any skirting other than pencil edge.
If you do everything the same but get a cheap school compass like this one:
Then set the width so that the sticky out edge rests on the wall and the pencil tip is at 19mm (the thickness of the board) then you will be able to scribe much more complex shapes like ogee or torus skirting profiles.
Another Pro tip: if when you are cutting your scribed line you back cut by ~ 10 degrees it makes adjusting much easier with sandpaper or a plane as there is less material to remove.
EDIT also I don't use a jigsaw that often as I prefer using a fine tooth handsaw for walls and a coping saw for skirting it's almost as quick but you can usually catch mistakes before they become disasters (power tools do most things quicker including fuck-ups).
chrisbmx116
Bobbo
Planning on buying a combo of Ikea storage units to fit in an alcove, there will be about 2cm gap either side, not enough for a shadow gap, so prob needs scribing in which is something that I just cant get my head round, will it even be possible on such a small gap? Will prob just pay someone.