The best scribers for joinery I've ever had, Staedtler Mars Comfort 551 01 compass, modified point.

[@Gidjoiner]

I'm thinking of making a video about scribing, it'll cover the basics but if there's anything in particular you like to know about scribing post a reply to this & I'll see what I can do 👍

[@ningis21]

Yep....great idea,,,,,and to remind the younger ones the importance of a mask...

[@MrSammyse]

I was thinking of fitting a face frame to a cupboard on top of my kitchen units (that empty space at the top), which means three sides (left, bottom and ceiling) need to be scribed - not sure how to do this!

[@Gidjoiner]

Never easy fitting to three points, hard to say without seeing it & not easy to describe it text, but make the board wider & taller than needed, scribe up to the ceiling so the bottom is roughly where you want it, make it a little bigger than the final size, leave the line in + a bit when you cut. Then scribe to the left, again leave that a little long 5mm-ish, If you're not scribing to the right either scribe the left so the right fits where you want it or cut the right to size after the left is scribed, When it's almost where you want it scribe again to remove the 5mm excess you left on in the first scribe.. You would normally scribe in one direction, scribing left & up creates an offset in where you scribed to the wall, but just the tiny offset that 5mm creates shouldn't be noticeable,, Good luck 👍😁

[@gymerwillkick]

Gid, I reckon that a few videos on common things from a jobbing joiner perspective would be really valuable for a lot of viewers. I'm thinking back to some of your older short vids on hinges or why you use a particular sandpaper as examples. There's so much nonsense from people with these pristine workshops that just don't come across as having real world practical jobbing joiner experience. What has always set your videos apart is that you show real jobs in real houses. The value for apprentices is huge to see the reality where stuff isn't perfect.

[@anthonymetcalfe9642]

So glad you’re back up and running mate ! Hope your well 🤞

[@howardlaws5787]

Perfect timing as I launched my latest crap gadget against a very hard wall about three weeks ago for slipping despite the manufacturer claiming it couldn’t happen; time to take some good advice, thanks 🙏.

[@Gidjoiner]

😂 I keep seeing these things & some just look crap, some are over engineered, some you'd need to hands to adjust & even then it'd be awkward & others just simply won't work so that doesn't surprise me.👍 Yep these are as the title says the best I've had, I honestly think they're hard to beat 👍

[@oldmanwith]

I’ve been using a compass for scribing ever since I first saw you do it waaaay back. Before that I’d bought some of the “specialist” tools, none of which perform anywhere near as well. I’ve got a cheap Oxford pencil holder one out of a kids geometry set, a couple of Staedtler (one large, one small, both lead holders rather than pencil holders) and one from a Moore and Wright set that my dad got when he was an apprentice draughtsman about 75 years ago. All of them better than the specialist stuff!!! Keep up the good work Gid

[@Gidjoiner]

👍 Thanks, & yep when I first started I had a compass after watching 'the old men' doing it, mine was a kids school type which had crap adjustment & a long point that I wasn't keen on, I then went through multiple 'scribers' none of which were quite right, one had the threaded adjustment on the wrong side which meant you couldn't get it against the wall, & I kept trying other types, (none of these fancy scribers you can get now where you can spot the flaws just by looking at them, they're trying to reinvent the wheel & failing). Soo I've come to the conclusion & the reason I made this video is that a good pair of compasses is very hard to beat & maybe the the old men knew this, I just didn't know or realise at the time, it's taken 40yrs & now I'm the old man 🤦‍♂️😂👍

[@michaelplays2449]

Great video Gid thanks !!!! your work is outstanding !!!!

[@Gidjoiner]

Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated 👍😊

[@garrydickinson4839]

I always struggle with scribbing, especially in alcoves, I've lost cou t of the different gadget scrubbers I have bought, I'll give them a go, Thanks for the videos great to see you back here

[@tentonhammer5469]

Same I tried a few gadgets but bought a compass yrs ago when I was scribing an architrave to an exposed brick wall. They're amazing can't beat it. Going to order the ones gid has as my current one only takes round pencils.

[@Gidjoiner]

Hi, thanks & you're welcome 👍 Yep too many gadgets out there all trying to reinvent the wheel. There's a couple of simple rules to scribing but unfortunately they're hard to put into words, maybe I'll make a short video one day

[@PhilPha]

@@GidjoinerThat’s something I would also like to see when you get around to it Gid.

[@Gidjoiner]

I'll see what I can do, thanks 👍

[@bigmarc40]

I’d love to see a proper detailed tour of the workshop and the grounds it built on please gid. 😊

[@Gidjoiner]

😂 The main 16'x10' part of the shed where the saws are I threw up when I moved in to store 'stuff'. At that time I was still working on site with a box of tools, a bag of power tools & a couple of levels, The shed grew as I added bits but it never got a concrete floor that's why there's sawdust on the floor, nobody likes standing on bare ground, mud tends to travel. Also there's organised chaos because it was never really built properly, the back wall behind the mitresaw has studs at 1220 centres that were only enough to hold a board & the bottom is sat on bricks but is 20yrs+ old now so hanging shelving units on it isn't ideal, I plan on extending the back & when I do the mitresaw table is coming out & hopefully that back wall can then be rebuilt. The whole thing just got stuff put in & gets moved around to fit other stuff, so really there's not a lot to see that you don't see in the videos, stuff, cobwebs, wood, sawdust & overspray 😂😁👍

[@bigmarc40]

@@Gidjoiner it’s great . I personally love it . Don’t get me wrong I love all the clean sparky shops 90% of KZbin channels have but yours brings 100% real world to the show. The struggle is real for most of us with dust and clutter , there’s so much to relate too with your videos and I think that’s why myself and others enjoy your videos so much. I just can’t find my bearings when you’re in your shop in relation to house garden and oreantation and layout lol . Maybe draw up a Birds Eye plan on your pc to help us understand lol . Anyway glad you’re feeling better and glad you’re getting some great content out again.

[@KiryuKazuma710]

Sir, can you make a video showing how to drill a bracket's spots for wall mounted racks? I want it secure and safe from falling forward (kind of like rolled over)

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍 Nice review. I would also be interested in a video on scribing. Thanks Gid

[@Gidjoiner]

Thanks, much appreciated 👍 I'm thinking of showing the basics in a vid, it might not be easy to replicate real life scenarios in the shed but if there's anything in particular you're thinking of I'll see what I can do. 👍

[@Pete.Ty1]

@@Gidjoiner Thank you Gid, just the basics I’m confident any info would be greatly received.

[@robenhenni8463]

Based on your use, I bought the same one, it couldn't be better.

[@Gidjoiner]

Good, glad they're working for you & yep I thought it was time I showed them because as the title says they're the best I've had to date 👍 Did I recommend them, mention them before or did you just work it out? Sorry memory like a fish sometimes 🐡😂

[@sgntpepper1976]

I don’t mind admitting- I seem to fuck up scribing into Alcoves, had a series of eight shelves into two alcoves and messed up most of them. Look forward to a step by step if you ever get the chance

[@Gidjoiner]

😁 I've done alcoves a couple of times & I'm not sure if I can replicate that in the shed but I'm seriously thinking of making a vid about the basics of scribing, I'll see what I can do. Thanks, much appreciated 👍

[@weeksyintheworkshop]

Just ordered one! I've had a Trend Easyscribe for a while but never been happy with it. Thought being Trend it would be good but it's absolute rubbish. The worst tool I've even bought. Got the U-Scribe jig set last year and thats been great for holding filler pieces in position while scribing them, eapecially longer ones, but they come with the cheapest compass you could ever imagine which really lets them down. Love the jigsaw blade upgrade. Will have to try that when it arrives.

[@Gidjoiner]

👍 I have considered those U-Scribe jig sets, the hardest one for me is the trim piece at the top of a wardrobe up to the ceiling, often there's nothing to clamp to & if it's spayed banging some pins in isn't an option. Yep there's some rubbish out there on the market, too many trying to reinvent the wheel & failing, can't beat a good compass, I wouldn't have made this vid if I didn't believe in what I said about these ones & had tested them for quite a long time so I hope your's work out as well as mine, 👍 When I made the point I hammered a small nail in as a rivet, that split the compass leg a tiny bit, I think it's cast which is brittle, Mitre mate super glue fixed that, I then ground it to shape with a file or grinder after it was fixed in place, the outside wants to be straight so it doesn't have like a heel that prevents the point going against the wall, that was quite a few yrs ago now & everything is still fine. 👍

[@weeksyintheworkshop]

@@Gidjoiner I noticed you'd ground the blade. I like that cos I guess you can use the ground edge flat to the wall.

[@Gidjoiner]

👍 Exactly 👍

[@craiglongmuir154]

Are you coming back with more videos Gid ?

[@Gidjoiner]

Hi, all of 2023 I was recovering & 2024 was just me trying to get my shit back together, I plan on picking back up with work & uploading videos the best I can this yr when the weather picks up. Thanks for asking 👍

[@grahamparsons6620]

I think I’ve got the same compass but without the pencil holder part 🤔might have to see if you can get the pencil holder separately, mind you would probably cost more than a new complete set up, new mask looks interesting, looking forward to seeing that when it’s all sorted out 👌👌👌👍👍👍🇦🇺

[@Gidjoiner]

😂 Yeah prob would cost as much, you could ask tho, an email with a pic costs nothing www.staedtler.com/uk/en/service/contact/, saying that postage to Aus. 🤔😮 & yep the mask is going to be a bit weird, my breathing really is going to sound like Darth Vader, & it's got a cod piece to go around the waste 😂

[@michaelcurtis6664]

a skribing video would be most welcome

[@Gidjoiner]

👍 I've got a list of 'short' videos I keep meaning to make, my videos are never short 😂🤦‍♂️ I'll see what i can come up with 👍

[@garvielloken3929]

Nooice!

[@Gidjoiner]

Thanks 👍

[@graemescott4825]

A scribing vid would be great: I tried scribing something last week & made a pig's ear of it.

[@Gidjoiner]

😂 Can you describe what you were scribing? I'm going to create a video but I'm not sure how many real world scenarios I can replicate in the shed, so I might only be able to show the basics & their rules which then need to be conveyed to each job..

[@graemescott4825]

@@Gidjoiner It was a sheet of ply which I was cutting to use as the bottom shelf on a workbench I'd made. It had to fit around the legs of the workbench so probably a bit too complicated for a first go at scribing 😄.

[@Gidjoiner]

it doesn't sound that hard but that's me talking, I'd liked to have seen you do that, promise I'd have kept a straight face 😁👍

[@graemescott4825]

@@Gidjoiner You wouldn't have😄😄😄

[@Gidjoiner]

🙈😊👍

[@andyburns]

Pencils courtesy of screwfix/argos

[@Gidjoiner]

😂 Amazon, Screwfix stopped doing them during covid, & before that my local stopped putting too many out because people were just filling their pockets 😂 I think they've gone digital in store now. I prob have a Screwfix one here n there but the majority are Half Pencils www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004G6PA0E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@figrollin]

mask no bad thing gid! did the doctors think the sawdust had any bearing on your lung infractions?

[@Gidjoiner]

👍 No the drs didn't even look into it, they haven't got the money & therefore the time, they fix you up & get you out the door, I had an infection in my blood (Sepsis) that caused fluid on the lungs which created an ulcer, made a hole which then collapsed my lung, or I had an ulcer in my lung that caused the fluid which then rotted my lung, made a hole & got into my blood 🤷‍♂️ Either way when I'm spraying because I have stubble/a beard when I wear my other mask which is pretty good I can still taste a metallic type taste after spraying, So now my lung is partially damaged I guess it's time to make a bigger effort to look after myself a bit more, yrs of wood dust etc I've just lived, apparently they're mainly organic particles that your body can break down but these two part paints don't dissolve & so prob (definitely) aren't good to be breathing in 🤦‍♂️😂😂👍

[@figrollin]

@Gidjoiner I'm a doctor (not your doctor of course, so I can only guess) but I definitely would expect the lung infection came first. Whether the sawdust/wood had anything to do with it would be hard to prove, but protecting it now is ABSOLUTELY the right call. Stay healthy, pal. x

[@grahamparsons6620]

Cod piece 🤣😂🤣😂 they’ll be calling you Blackadder next 😂😂

[@Gidjoiner]

😂😂👍