From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 7/21/2025 8:15 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m14iv5btgk.fsf@void.com...   
   > Hello again all   
   >   
   > Is there such a thing as a "scribing divider" ?   
   >   
   > Useful for when working on "black" steel?   
   > Will cut-through / mark the mill-scale surface?   
   >   
   > Maybe about 10inch/250m to 12inch/300mm "legs".   
   >   
   > If I recall rightly I have seen dividers where each leg has a smallish   
   > about 3mm very hard steel/carbide cylinder ground to a point.  Which   
   > can be demounted/unclamped and resharpened.   
   >   
   > If so, what are these known as?   
   > Not doing well looking in tool catalogues.   
   >   
   > Else - is the answer something else like dividers with a point at one   
   > end yes, but a chalk / soapstone at the swept end?   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > Rich S   
   >   
   > ----------------------   
   > Trammel points?   
   >   
      
     I have a divider that has a sleeve with setscrew to hold a pencil or   
   round soapstone . It's about 9-10 inches long .   
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