Tools, Sharpening and Power Machinery - Divider/Compass Tool

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Beyond9
12-31-03, 12:26 PM
I would like to know how a divider tool is used when laying tile against a non-straight wall.

chfite
12-31-03, 06:45 PM
What you do is called scribing. Here is a site with a windows only video that should cover it.

http://www-me.mit.edu/Lectures/visual-modelling/13.1-howto.html

Using one side of the tool follow the irregular wall while the other marks a line along which you will cut.