Need a tough compass for scribing.

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Aptivaboy
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Need a tough compass for scribing.

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Hi all,

i need a tough ,heavy duty compass for scribing purposes. I intend to use it to cut out a circular area around a TOS Enterprise bridge in order to use a drop in replacement I've made on Shapeways. Anyway, the compasses I currently own are great for light scribing, but not for serious scribing and cutting. Any suggestions on a tough, hard core replacement?

Many thanks,

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Post by G-man »

something like

this is probably your best bet
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Post by Valdore »

What about a compass cutter, like these here ones?

http://www.myshopping.com.au/ZM--702830 ... d_Hardware

Would something like that do?
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tough compass

Post by mwk-tke »

I used something like that to scribe the rings in the lower portion of primary hull. It is a large set of drafting dividers. If you keep scribing it will work it's way through the plastic.
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Post by DennisH »

Not sure if this would work for what you need, but I've been drooling over a Veritas Beam Compass like the one show on this page (8th item down):
http://www.classichandtools.com/acatalo ... Tools.html

I really needed one of these for a project I was working on, but had to make do with a really generic version from the big box hardware stores. Oh well.


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Post by rayra »

how about using an actual metal scribing tool? A scratch awl.
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