Hi all,

Can someone please give me some advice? When scribing long straight new panel lines how do you stop the scriber from wandering off the line?

I tried using tamyia masking tape but it was not strong enough and my scriber just scribed through the tape. What products do you all find helpful?

Help!

Thanks in advance.

W

I have heard Dymo tape being used as a ruler, this is quite thick still flexible enough to apply to curved surfaces. Or, there are photoetched scribing templates available.

Hi Wayne

Mal Mayfield's article Scribing Made Eezee? offers very useful advice.

All the best

Rowan

I took an old pocket tape measure, and broke the metal strip into various lengths. Being flexible, it follows simple curves quite easily, especially face-down. For heavy curvature, I use the edge of an Olfa cutter blade, and press the line into the plastic; once it's deep enough, I use a proper scribing point, allowing the groove to take the sharp point where I want it.
Edgar

Although in polish see also site linked below. I hope the pictures will tell you all you need.

LINK

That is a fantastic site Michal!

I was kind of wondering the same thing myself.

Ed

Thanks that helps allot!

So how do you stop a scibed line from filling up with dust? My lines seem to have rough plastic allong their edges, and when I try to remove it I end up filling my newly scribes lines with the swart I removed when scratching the line in the first place?

Thanks for all the advice.

w