{"id":6082,"date":"2023-03-06T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T13:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6082"},"modified":"2023-03-06T15:04:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:04:52","slug":"shop-made-scriber-for-fine-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6082","title":{"rendered":"Shop Made Scriber for fine holes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>While fitting the inside motion subassembly to the Princess I had need of a slender scriber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do have an engineers scriber<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Engineers-Scriber.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Engineers-Scriber-1024x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Engineers-Scriber-1024x320.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Engineers-Scriber-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Engineers-Scriber-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Engineers-Scriber-500x156.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Engineers-Scriber.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Engineers Scriber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But it was too big to get in where I needed it. I also have a couple of needle pointed steel inserts that came with an aluminium handle which wasn&#8217;t as resilient as the inserts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Scriber-Point.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Scriber-Point-1024x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Scriber-Point-1024x426.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Scriber-Point-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Scriber-Point-768x319.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Scriber-Point-500x208.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Scriber-Point.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scriber Point<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I could have just held it in a pin vice and got the job done but where&#8217;s the fun in that. So I decided to turn up a handle for it from a length of 5mm nickel rod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"421\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-1024x421.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-1024x421.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-768x316.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-500x205.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shop Made Scriber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once I had done the job on the Princes. I thought that if I wanted to be able to use it going forward, it could really do with a cap to keep it and me from harm. So I made a cap for it. I didn&#8217;t think to\u00a0take a photo of the scriber before I altered it to take the cap but imagine a taper on the end and no thread or relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-with-Protective-Cap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-with-Protective-Cap-1024x519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-with-Protective-Cap-1024x519.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-with-Protective-Cap-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-with-Protective-Cap-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-with-Protective-Cap-500x254.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Shop-Made-Scriber-with-Protective-Cap.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shop Made Scriber with Protective Cap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The cap screws on and covers the point, making it completely harmless until needed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-machine-tools"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6082"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6090,"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6082\/revisions\/6090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}