LIANG 1/35 MODEL BRICK graver.

[scottie3158]

John,
Thanks for the review, but I'm with Ron a steel rule and a sharp blade for me.

[JR]

Nothing really to do with cutting brick patterns but here is a tool some scratch builders may not have seen before but they could find useful. It is a stained glass makers pattern cutter. A form of scissors with 3 blades that cuts a uniform strip out of foil, plasticard, cardboard etc. Mine cut approx a 1/16th inch strip or 1.7 mm. There are others that are even smaller.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1199781[/ATTACH]

John

Liking that tool, thanks for showing.

Interesting thread 453.

Personally, it would be too much faff to set up and then, as you show very clearly, accuracy would be questionable.

I'll stick with my well tried and tested steel rule and a scalpel, or if I want thicker mortar joints, a 'Stanley' knife (Other makes will remove the top of your fingers just as easily)

None the less, thanks for taking the time to 'Review' the product. :thumb2:

570

Thank you 570.
Having now located the correct method for holding the blades I'm still not impressed ! Will give it a whirl in the morning hopefully.

John,
Thanks for the review, but I'm with Ron a steel rule and a sharp blade for me.

Paul ,your welcome , think this is the general consensus on here. Have in the pipeline a homemade one , this negates marking out the width which is a pain on dark XPS .That will be helpful .
Located

[Andy T]

Have in the pipeline a homemade one

I've thought before of a length of something akin to miniature angle iron where one edge drops into the previously scored line and you run your blade along the other edge. Should give you perfectly straight, even gaps easily every time without the inaccuracies that can creep in with measurements

If that makes sense :thinking:

[Tim Marlow]

I've thought before of a length of something akin to miniature angle iron where one edge drops into the previously scored line and you run your blade along the other edge. Should give you perfectly straight, even gaps easily every time without the inaccuracies that can creep in with measurements

If that makes sense :thinking:

You can also use spring dividers, set to the appropriate gap size, and use those to mark off the divisions using the previous hole as a guide.

[outrunner]

All this talk of bricks brings to mind the brick museum at Jedburgh about 18 miles from me, but I think I will give it a miss. :smiling5:


Andy.

[spanner570]

Should give you perfectly straight, even gaps easily every time without the inaccuracies that can creep in with measurements

Andy, good idea, but in all my years in the trade, I never saw a brick course perfectly straight with no inaccuracies.

This is what makes the rule and scribe scale brickwork far more realistic.

It's always nice to try and introduce a 'Human element' into tiny bricklaying.

Just my view chaps....Tin hat on, Ron!

[Andy T]

Absolutely Ron, you should see the 80's extension on the side of our house! :surprised:

I was just trying to think of something that would do the job of the tool above in a less convoluted way, if a person wanted that look.

[JR]

I've thought before of a length of something akin to miniature angle iron where one edge drops into the previously scored line and you run your blade along the other edge. Should give you perfectly straight, even gaps easily every time without the inaccuracies that can creep in with measurements

If that makes sense :thinking:

You can also use spring dividers, set to the appropriate gap size, and use those to mark off the divisions using the previous hole as a guide.

Perfectly acceptable method Andy , Tim yes another way also perfectly good.

All this talk of bricks brings to mind the brick museum at Jedburgh about 18 miles from me, but I think I will give it a miss. :smiling5:


Andy.

Ooh ! What a day out Andy , Nerds paradise :nerd:

[JR]

Andy, good idea, but in all my years in the trade, I never saw a brick course perfectly straight with no inaccuracies.

This is what makes the rule and scribe scale brickwork far more realistic.

It's always nice to try and introduce a 'Human element' into tiny bricklaying.

Just my view chaps....Tin hat on, Ron!

570 wouldn't it be boring to replicate a perfect brick wall, you could buy a printed sheet for that and save time. Looking at some of the "snots " left on our house brick work and the poor brick laying in the 70's 80's I'd agree:surprised:
There has been much improvement over the years since.
Early brick laying of "thrown up " type is always more interesting to us .

453.

Altered it to include Andy's date :nerd:

[JR]

Absolutely Ron, you should see the 80's extension on the side of our house! :surprised:

I was just trying to think of something that would do the job of the tool above in a less convoluted way, if a person wanted that look.

Should have included the 80's as well Andy :smiling2:Will alter !

[JR]

Right back to the review,
Having reset the blades in the other end !
Holding the tool in one hand fully open like a hand of cards, I left one bolt slightly loose to enable the card like look. I started to pop the blades in place. Not the easiest of things to do as they can fall out , but each time once in you have to close that leaf. Once done the with the whole thing now closed up the blot in replaced and screwed in to the captive nut.

All in place and ready to mark .


Running the blade against a rule gives this ,


By this time I had marked out the width of the bricks, using a wooden marker, after all the struggle with the setting up no way was I going to remove some of the blades !

Then using a thin filer knife blade I made the lines wider for the mortar


Do think Jim's idea of the plastic card worth doing.
The width of the brick was just done with the scaple, still think the width between the lines is too little , so didn't use my home made tool or the dental one.

Don't think any of us would bother with this, home made ones would be far better OR the single line with a ruler .Worth a try as you never know.
Thanks goes to MIKE " IS IT ME " for sending it to me to try.
Thanks for all the comments.

John.

[JR]

Going to push this up as some how when I added some text and photos it disappeared !

[Tim Marlow]

Right back to the review,
Having reset the blades in the other end !
Holding the tool in one hand fully open like a hand of cards, I left one bolt slightly loose to enable the card like look. I started to pop the blades in place. Not the easiest of things to do as they can fall out , but each time once in you have to close that leaf. Once done the with the whole thing now closed up the blot in replaced and screwed in to the captive nut.

All in place and ready to mark .

[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1199866[/ATTACH]
Running the blade against a rule gives this ,
[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1199867[/ATTACH]

By this time I had marked out the width of the bricks, using a wooden marker, after all the struggle with the setting up no way was I going to remove some of the blades !

Then using a thin filer knife blade I made the lines wider for the mortar

[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1199868[/ATTACH]
Do think Jim's idea of the plastic card worth doing.
The width of the brick was just done with the scaple, still think the width between the lines is too little , so didn't use my home made tool or the dental one.

Don't think any of us would bother with this, home made ones would be far better OR the single line with a ruler .Worth a try as you never know.
Thanks goes to MIKE " IS IT ME " for sending it to me to try.
Thanks for all the comments.

John.

Must admit it looks a bit Freddie Kruger, or perhaps Wolverine, when the blades are out…..not something I’d use though.

[JR]

Just an update , the tool is no more !!!!!!
Mike aka Wibble and I aka Wobble decided the best thing for it was the bin, even the bin wasn't keen on having it !

[Tim Marlow]

Just an update , the tool is no more !!!!!!
Mike aka Wibble and I aka Wobble decided the best thing for it was the bin, even the bin wasn't keen on having it !

So wibble and wobble decided the brick tool is now to be wubble John :tongue-out3: