How to make contour gauge DIY

[@scruffycitystudio1540]

Great invention but I got anxiety a little when you cut the cardboard directly on the wood floor! 😂

[@gig970]

LOL yeah I get that a lot! Thanks 😊

[@michaelsmusicinstruments9980]

yes me too :-), but dont worry next video will be how to fix the floor after cut contoured cardboards on it

[@sulako8174]

Not only the wood floor but the table in the beginning of the video.

[@Cuban_Papi]

Me too lol!!

[@aacmove]

Made my eyes hurt!

[@luashelton9320]

Brilliant! Now that's a contour gauge that's within my budget

[@jefffontenot4551]

When my dad and I needed to make fenders for a race car, we had to make sure both sides looked the same. We made a 3ft one with 1x4s and small dials. we bolted them down every have foot and it worked great. just something out there if you need something to a larger scale.

[@muffinglish]

Very very cool 😎 and what’s even cooler is opening the kitchen drawer and finding the skewers patiently waiting

[@cathyc6442]

Amazing, Brilliant, Awesome! ALL those adjectives! I'm building a model railroad, and needed a ledge to go around one of the mountains and could NOT figure out how to do it. Was going to Home Depot and pay 12 bucks for a gauge, did a You Tube search and there you were! Thank you so friggin' much!

[@gig970]

Thank you! Unlike the one in Home Depot you can use it in any direction even if you need to gauge around non-flat surface, you just need to rap the cardboard around the surface and follow the pattern. it can be bent for odd surfaces but the one in Home Depot is rigid and can not ;-)

[@digdeeper3123]

Thanks so much for this post! Was just searching the web for an extra deep contour gauge, and so disappointed that apparently the deepest gauge available only goes up to 3.5" depth. Glad I checked YT for ideas. You've inspired me to build something extremely similar, if not exactly the same. You deserve a like!

[@grantsparkes7457]

This is genius, why didn’t anyone think of this before. Bravo my friend 👏

[@Aquabluesamaroo1]

Brilliant idea but WHY did you use an X-Acto blade to cut through cardboard directly on top of wood floors? why?

[@davids7627]

Wonderful! I too was about to spend money on a manufactured profile guage, but not now!

[@darkvader47]

Simply fricking AMAZING!

[@kellyd.5909]

darkvader47 “fricking” is absolutely the correct adjective here. I used the same word in my comment and then saw yours. Haha. Beyond amazing, it’s FRICKING AMAZING.

[@YOassron]

AWESOME! Thanks a bunch

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

Couldn't get easier than that. Bravo!

[@JammondMusic]

This is genius

[@gig970]

Thank you 👍

[@Nittyb123]

Thanks a lot, I am a big fan of DIY improvisation. I was going to buy 1, didn't think about making it ( which I usually do). Thanks again.

[@gig970]

Yeah Sometimes you just need to be a bit creative and having fun to do the DIY. Isn't it better to be less and less consumer to save our only planet with lots of garbages. Thanks for your kind comments 🌹

[@Mr_Ravee]

I believe there is a pvc board that has slots for skewers(i dont recall the name for it )just like the cardboard you have used.

[@gig970]

I think you meant plastic corrgated board, which I'm totally agree 💯

[@clairesewcreative1255]

Amazing! I was thinking I'd have to make one with wood and skewers but this is genius 😆

[@sometubedude]

Amazing I love it! But what real DIY guy doesn’t want another tool in the box lol. Thanks for the great vid!

[@tcshy1903]

Genius! I'm doing tile now! I'm going to try this.

[@fordguyaj5581]

Wow really cool how you cut that big gouge into the wooden floor

[@MickeyShermie]

Wow!!! This is genius 🙂.

[@007nadineL]

So simple and clever. What a man.

[@danallansarthou7]

Simple as contour gauge for measurement?

[@THEChrisNASTY]

I was just about to spend over £20 on a large Contour Gauge on Amazon. Lol not anymore. Thanks

[@countrylifetales2700]

Same, I'm here because I just saw one and thought, maybe someone has a video on making one. :)

[@bredi1961]

me to,thanks for video

[@gngd5351]

A good job and smart. Save a lot of money for a home user. Thank +1

[@v_3farmaviary870]

simple & brilliant👍👍👍

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

Finally affordable Cardboard added design! (CAD)

[@kellyd.5909]

Frickin excellent. Great job!

[@carlonbaptiste4278]

OMG...just when I was about to order one...thank you my friend

[@giulianadieffe891]

It's brilliant due to its... simplicity!

[@ahhchoo8488]

great job! but why didn't you cut the cardboard on a protected surface instead right into the floor?

[@gig970]

LOL you are absolutely right! My bad

[@kennethgootkin9754]

Very well thought out. Great idea!

[@flowerchildtokyo]

Ingenious! Thank you for sharing x

[@Alivender1]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@PoochDoobie]

Simple, clever, thank you.

[@johnvaldes8725]

Where do you find the wooden skewers?

[@gig970]

From a Dollar Store here in Canada 👍

[@deyamoya8293]

Brilliant! How did you think of this?

[@lonelysoldier17]

wow! simple and cheap but enough for home use! thanks! :)

[@alejandrodelavega9336]

Great!!! Thanks

[@luisangelbarrantesr.6541]

excelente, simple y sobrio, exactamente lo que necesitaba, muchas gracias !

[@countrylifetales2700]

Thank you, and just so you know, Amazon's sales of Contour gauges is decreasing because of this video. LOL

[@terry3974]

Very clever. I like it!

[@nazifarslan7719]

thank you very much for tuttorıal vıdeos

[@abdulhaque739]

You’re a genius mate, just saved me £20 on something I would only ever use once

[@erhanelgun2302]

thanks a lot

[@andrewjames4346]

Spend £10 on Amazon for a plastic tool or spend £1 for wooden skewers! Hmmm. I am gonna steal this project!

[@johnthompson2949]

Perfect great Job 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@FernandoFerreira-xz9xu]

Amazing!

[@Jillian1stJohn3-9-10]

You are a genius!!

[@hmw1441]

I love to see it!!!

[@jumbo4billion]

Do you respect wood?

[@jailsonaraujo5766]

É bem simples é muito prático amei

[@-DIEU-TE-CHERCHE-9923]

Génial Merci

Hello friend I am from Brazil, so English is not my native language. I speak Portuguese. So I would initially like to apologize for possible typos in my comment. But I want to say that I think this idea very cool. Congratulations.

[@gig970]

Thank you so much my friend. I'm glad you like it 😊

[@djsundayrides4869]

I just saw one on facebook thanks. Know I can make one lol

[@Martin-py4kx]

Seems like its recirculating. They tried charging me $25 plus all sorts of shipping and taxes saying its "70-90% off" Amazon has some good ones for under $15 but this is a good DIY for that once every few months that I need it 😂

[@viviancovington7813]

Nice!

[@lydia7720]

Super Idee 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@minniekowalski2381]

THANK YOU

[@14chstr]

this is brilliant!

[@mdroman4127]

nice aidia

[@زولعربي-ج7ه]

That’s great THANKS🤓

[@زولعربي-ج7ه]

Like and share 👍

[@زولعربي-ج7ه]

Ofcourse :)

[@astriddsarangomuneton827]

Awesome! 👌👏

[@zoltanjanosszucs]

Ingenious!

[@lf3532]

Genius!

[@koyotefhis]

Tome su like ..buen hombre ..GENIO !!

[@virginiamartinez1639]

Muy bueno!!! Excelente

[@Cuban_Papi]

Awesome!

[@zombienattalee]

That’s awesome!!

[@timklassen421]

smart

[@belezanegra7006]

Muito top sua idéia amigo

[@gig970]

obrigado amigo

[@mancandy8964]

good

[@lou-vr6zs]

👍👏 super merci 🙃

[@mikew151Manhattan]

genius!

[@Artines999]

♥ From IRAN.

[@gig970]

سپاس برای کامنت😍 هموطن

[@Artines999]

@@gig970 ویدئوی خیلی خوبی داشتید. سپاس از شما و آرزوی بهترین‌ها برای کانال خوبتون

[@SgtMacKerZ]

I mean they are like 6 quid. But that's still cool.

[@SierraE7]

I love it, but I feel like those skewers are probably gonna total to $15 and I can get a tool for that price.

[@gig970]

I bought it $1from Dollar-shop,,,, but this video is just to say that you can make your own tools with the regular stuff around you whenever you don't have access to a complete toolbox, beside if you have a curvature surface you can use this one with cardboard made, but surely not with the one that you buy with solid/ rigid body. Thank you for your comment

[@magickiki3003]

Your floor has cut mark.

[@rosileiaaparecida4907]

Muito bom

[@martino5150]

Clever.

[@petra8396]

👍👍👍👍😍😍😍

[@macmac9140]

Thanks! I used MDF waste material 🤣

[@ongta1265]

I don't care what kind of project you are doing or what your budget is, folks, IT IS NOT WORTH IT so skim $8, get a very good and reliable one on Amazon!

[@gig970]

I didn't push anyone to make their own, it was just an idea, it seems not slick as the one on Amazon but believe it or not I have done my whole project with the one you saw on my video,, beside I tried to show that you can get the profile even with vertical surface unlike the one you buy is rigid hard with about 1 inches on each side, mine is way accurate.. also you can get a better profile on curvy surfacs,, after all it's built by cardboard.. Sometimes it's good to be creative somehow other than being a topical consumer and pile up our shelves with so many unwanted product which you may use once in a blue moon. Thank you very much for your comment, and thanks for watching ;-)

[@andresbarrera7812]

Dont scratch the floor

[@gig970]

LOL☺️ That was the old hardwood floor which I was going to replace.

[@andresbarrera7812]

@@gig970 make a video when you take up the old floor

[@robvegart]

wood skewers and corugated cardboard! LOL!

[@gig970]

LOL yeah!!

[@ManCaveGroove]

Why would you want to waste $10 on something you only used once a while.

[@7of9jml]

Did anyone else CRINGE when they cut out the cardboard shape with a razor blade on a wooden floor? Dude!

[@gig970]

LOL, I know! But I had planned to change that old hardwood anyway

[@byronbranch4645]

You can use a rock instead of a hammer.

[@toniodotcom]

Well it's easy to copy someone's brilliant idea for cheaper, I guess!

[@Crazyman1212]

cool but I think most people will just spend the $8 for a durable plastic one that will last forever.

[@wilsonfevans]

Or just spend ten and much less effort and hell a less tacky

[@gig970]

Thanks for your comments. I thought it could be an alternative to the $10 one which I have at home and it can't do the vertical sides.

[@wilsonfevans]

@@gig970 you are 100% correct and i was very wrong in my comment. It was a little mean...i have a sarcastic sense of humor. I love DIY and cosy cutting but for me projects like that never really work out long term due time and energy purchasing and then i try to reinvent the wheel and upgrade things...lol! Anywho sorry for the rant but i hope you have a happy holidays!

[@gig970]

@@wilsonfevans No worries man! 😊👍 Likewise I m wishing you a pleasant happy holidays. Nik

[@paulalvarez8936]

A whole bunch of cheap mofos on here. Just buy the tool its only $20 buck and will save you the time to make this.

[@havootu]

Thankyou❤