It may be quick, but it is not an accurate way to scribe a curve. You need to maintain the same offset in the direction that your pieces will slide in, not perpendicular to the curve. The steeper the angle the more discrepancy there will be, up to the width of your scribe block. It may be good enough for some situations.
Cheap easy one is... dried spagetti and duct tape, half the pasta and push up to the profile. Strip of tape to hold together and lay onto what you want to shape. Tape measure to check length correct then scribe edge with felt marker
Cut card as close as you can. Then lay along wall to be profiled. Pen on a 2 inch block, scribe the block along wall. Will put profile onto card, you can cut lemgths accordingly. Dowmside of wood is it can expand and contract according to heat and moisture. It can warp when expandibg if not a suitable gap. Thats the reason for cord around floors or expansion gap under skirting
Not everything on tik tok should be taken seriously.
I've been a carpenter for 25 years and I've never heard of, or needed anything like spaghetti or a profile pin guage...in fact, i wouldn't even know what one looked like
Never watched tick tok. I got my papers in 1990. Was giving a suggestion for easy to grab options. Everyone with a van should have a roll of duct tape. Didnt realise breadth of area
Metal double sided comb about 6 inches by 3. The teeth move up the center bar. Gives a positive and negative profile as the pins move. Useful on those awkward little second fixing spots like heating pipes ,odd short angles studding to parquet ect
except this is a bad way other than the cutting gag, you actually want a stick with a fairly narrow point. not a wide thing. the angled parts it will be pushing more on the side of the wheel.
I think most of us, (myself included) have never been woodworkers but always wanted to do vanlife. So I thought others would find this helpful and maybe make that barrier to entry just a bit easier.
I also want to briefly point out that, when I went to high school (Graduated a year ago), and took woodworking, they DID NOT teach us how to use a scribe. 99% of the curriculum was knowing which woods are which, proper uses of basic tools, and different types of joinery. We were not taught anything that'd make our work less complicated, and stuff like this was made to be done mathematically. 😂
Well the technique you showed isn’t very good. The hole in that wheel is too big and will cause variation in the mark maybe a sharpie would work better in that hole. It also doesn’t measure anything
I’m a Professional finish carpenter, and only ever use a block or spacer to be more consistent.
Well it’s a bad technique honestly. The hole the pen is in has like a 1/4” of wiggle room depending what way your pulling the wheel. It’s just a terrible way to suggest scribing.
But you would think if you were planning on building a van, and using wood, you might spend like a hour clearing techniques of woodworking before you spent $1000’s in materials and dozens of hours of time to learn a little about it.
Maybe I’m the only one who tries to learn about things before I just willy nillly send it.
I had experience in carpenty long before i built my van. Most people arent building a youtube level sprinter. I didnt pay $1 for any of the wood i used in my build. Had a full bed with reclinier and a kitckenette with sink and storage where the passemger seat was. Didnt need to scribe anything. I had a tape measure and eyeballs. No fitment issues my way.
Maybe you should yse a little bit of that to try learn about people before you just willy nilly judge them. 🤷🏾♂️ just a thought.
Also this is r/vanlife. Not r/howtobuildavanlifesetupfromonlywoodwithidealtechnique . I get where you're coming from, but clearly itsnnot going anywhere on this end of the Internet
Most people eat fast food too. Doesnt make it the best option whatsoever. 🤷🏾♂️ downvote me to hell idgaf. Most people doing van life are living with less. Emploring frugality. And learning as they go. Knowing what scribing is aint gonna change any of that pal
Man, I wish I had a pen that cut through boards like that...
That one truly is mightier than sword
Nice
Must be a sharpie.
I mostly enjoyed how the inside corner was already cut to fit before the video started.
It may be quick, but it is not an accurate way to scribe a curve. You need to maintain the same offset in the direction that your pieces will slide in, not perpendicular to the curve. The steeper the angle the more discrepancy there will be, up to the width of your scribe block. It may be good enough for some situations.
Cheap easy one is... dried spagetti and duct tape, half the pasta and push up to the profile. Strip of tape to hold together and lay onto what you want to shape. Tape measure to check length correct then scribe edge with felt marker
That sounds like a crap ton of work for an edge that’s 10-20ft long.
Cut card as close as you can. Then lay along wall to be profiled. Pen on a 2 inch block, scribe the block along wall. Will put profile onto card, you can cut lemgths accordingly. Dowmside of wood is it can expand and contract according to heat and moisture. It can warp when expandibg if not a suitable gap. Thats the reason for cord around floors or expansion gap under skirting
Sounds like some serious meth head engineering there. Just grab a block of offcut and a pencil and scribe the shape...pretty simple
Yep, vertainly better over distance. The spagetti works really well on short awkward profiles. Unless you have a profile pin gauge
Not everything on tik tok should be taken seriously.
I've been a carpenter for 25 years and I've never heard of, or needed anything like spaghetti or a profile pin guage...in fact, i wouldn't even know what one looked like
Never watched tick tok. I got my papers in 1990. Was giving a suggestion for easy to grab options. Everyone with a van should have a roll of duct tape. Didnt realise breadth of area
Fair enough. I've never heard of such a thing.
Metal double sided comb about 6 inches by 3. The teeth move up the center bar. Gives a positive and negative profile as the pins move. Useful on those awkward little second fixing spots like heating pipes ,odd short angles studding to parquet ect
Profile pin gauges are the tool version of those metal pin toys you put your hand in and it reflects the contours.
Brilliant!
except this is a bad way other than the cutting gag, you actually want a stick with a fairly narrow point. not a wide thing. the angled parts it will be pushing more on the side of the wheel.
Exactly - with a wide wheel like that, you're measuring perpindicular to the wheel surface rather than the actual gap distance you need to fill.
A basic pencil compass will achieve the same results. Why make it overly complicated? 🤷♂️
So a scribe?? That’s like wood working 101
I think most of us, (myself included) have never been woodworkers but always wanted to do vanlife. So I thought others would find this helpful and maybe make that barrier to entry just a bit easier.
I also want to briefly point out that, when I went to high school (Graduated a year ago), and took woodworking, they DID NOT teach us how to use a scribe. 99% of the curriculum was knowing which woods are which, proper uses of basic tools, and different types of joinery. We were not taught anything that'd make our work less complicated, and stuff like this was made to be done mathematically. 😂
this was my experience as well. peeved i’m just now learning about this. i suppose the next van will go smoother now…
Well the technique you showed isn’t very good. The hole in that wheel is too big and will cause variation in the mark maybe a sharpie would work better in that hole. It also doesn’t measure anything
I’m a Professional finish carpenter, and only ever use a block or spacer to be more consistent.
To be fair, I’d been doing carpentry a long while and never thought of using a roller blade wheel to make scribing easier
Using a washer is the more normal way of doing it
Well it’s a bad technique honestly. The hole the pen is in has like a 1/4” of wiggle room depending what way your pulling the wheel. It’s just a terrible way to suggest scribing.
Weird way to say you don’t know how to use the one he used, but go off king
I don’t want to have to worry about that 1/4 of slop when working. Maybe your job allows 1/4 gaps in trim because you always paint and use caulking??
I install finished stain grade trim, no gaps, no caulking. If you only work with MDF trim, just say that …. King
Most vanlifers aren’t woodworkers, more diy people who haven’t really done it before. They are only converting vans not building houses
So van life people not attempt to learn before trying a new skill? Like try to learn wood working skills before building a van?
Yea, this isnt r/woodworking
But you would think if you were planning on building a van, and using wood, you might spend like a hour clearing techniques of woodworking before you spent $1000’s in materials and dozens of hours of time to learn a little about it.
Maybe I’m the only one who tries to learn about things before I just willy nillly send it.
I had experience in carpenty long before i built my van. Most people arent building a youtube level sprinter. I didnt pay $1 for any of the wood i used in my build. Had a full bed with reclinier and a kitckenette with sink and storage where the passemger seat was. Didnt need to scribe anything. I had a tape measure and eyeballs. No fitment issues my way.
Maybe you should yse a little bit of that to try learn about people before you just willy nilly judge them. 🤷🏾♂️ just a thought.
Also this is r/vanlife. Not r/howtobuildavanlifesetupfromonlywoodwithidealtechnique . I get where you're coming from, but clearly itsnnot going anywhere on this end of the Internet
Most people pay a lot for materials, and most builds I’ve seen are shit build quality because it was their first attempt at anything like that.
One peraone perception ≠ reality.
Most people eat fast food too. Doesnt make it the best option whatsoever. 🤷🏾♂️ downvote me to hell idgaf. Most people doing van life are living with less. Emploring frugality. And learning as they go. Knowing what scribing is aint gonna change any of that pal
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