Dirty Deeds

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:03 pm

can someone please tell DD on TT that i think the guy is on about cutting a double ended scribe on a piece of skirting to make it quicker working your way round a room.
always haveing a left or right sided scribe at hand sort of thing.
thats all i can think off as i agree that it is a lesson on the futility of life to fit a double ended scribe.
bit like doing double ended scribes on worktops

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:08 pm

passed it on

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:12 pm

cheers big all.

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:20 pm

he is off line now would you like me to p m it now rather than a message in open forum!!!!!

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:25 pm

no thats ok big all, im sure he'll spot it tommorow. its not a big deal just thought this guy may mean what i said to save DD getting frustrated with him
off course the guy may not mean this which would mean DD should do TT proud

cheers

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:28 pm

ok have you got a link please as double ended scribes on the same picture rail are rather un forgiving

bathstyle · Post by **bathstyle** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:31 pm

There's nothing worse than having to bite your tongue whilst browsing a forum.

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:44 pm

big-all wrote:ok have you got a link please as double ended scribes on the same picture rail are rather un forgiving

the only advice i can give on them is to make i slightly snug and smack it in

dirtydeeds · Post by **dirtydeeds** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:02 pm

thanks pan i got the message this evening

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:49 pm

Guys,
I read the post your talking about and I would like clarity, I'm all electric'd out at the moment.

Are you saying you shouldn't scribe both ends of a skirting/dado/picture rail as you cannot leave any gap for expansion, like leave a 2 to 3 mill gap on the 'blunt' end as the scribe will cover the gap? Or have I got the wrong end of the skirting board?

It's just my uncontrollable need to learn that makes me ask.

dirtydeeds · Post by **dirtydeeds** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:03 pm

what bodgers and armchair critics dont understand is that doing a job right is FAR quicker and easier than any bodge or dreamed up notion.

carpenters do things in certain ways because its quick and easy and always works

a double ended scribe is not quick, it isnt easy and it doesnt always work

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:06 am

dirtydeeds · Post by **dirtydeeds** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:12 pm

the most easily understood example of how difficult a double ended scribe is a kitchen worktop with two fixed ends, where the back edge is longer than the front so up cant slide it in.

you cant bend a worktop to spring it in. the ONLY way to get the worktop in is to cut it shorter than it should be lift one end high and then drop it in.

pythogoras is the reason

You can put a 3 degree cut on one end to help pythagoras but when its in it looks like a nasty little bodge job

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:35 pm

as far as i knew he wasnt going on about fitting a double scribe.
it was to have a left and right scribe to hand wasnt it?
i thought this was dealt with

dirtydeeds · Post by **dirtydeeds** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:46 pm

i thought we were on about double ended scribes

never mind