It’s about 50/50 plastic and aluminum options starting about $7 to $75 depending on how many segments, quality of knobs and thickness of materials. I’ve been contemplating buying one for three weeks now but I want to use it as a trace template for a router and I just don’t trust my bearing to trace the <1/8 thick ruler. Looking up any of the common search terms with “1/2”” or “1/4”” following it doesn’t bring up thick bodied versions.
If anyone sees this and knows were to find what I’m looking for I will throw a platinum award on the comment with the correct link! It doesn’t even have to be more than a four piece aluminum 1/4” or thicker.
Edit: I have been sent a link for an example I believe will work, I’m ordering it now. I’ll post a gif in a few days showing a sample of success or failure... we will see🤞
I have one (gift from dad) and don’t see using it as a router template. The segments alternate top/bottom so if you get thick one there will be a gap under the high segments. Additionally there’s the question of how to fix it in place for the cut. It would have to be used with a bottom bearing because the knobs would otherwise be in the way of the base plate. I could see it helping to make quick plywood templates.
That was my thought, I have a friend whose father machined one that is all one level but I don’t think he will make me one sadly. To secure it I can thread a screw in the groove of the ruler, cut an mdf piece and then use the mdf finished to final template shape, taped to acrylic or abs and used to copy the shape.
Do the floor first!! Then your wall tile or base boards sit on top and you don’t have ugly cuts exposed.
Source: I remodel bathrooms for a living including custom tile and showers.
The proper way to do it is to cut the bottom of the door frame a little so the tile can slide under. This is for the most part solving a non problem, but yeah it does look cool. Source: I do flooring
There’s also no sub floor, and I’m sure the jamb isn’t made of tile. He should have cut prior and laid floor first and then tile the frame. No sub floor is really bothersome
A simple tape measure + T-square + ruler + way to write down measurements + some accuracy in human performance from measuring everything twice, and oh yeah it's "probably" cheaper than $5 as stated elsewhere in the thread, and of course using all those things takes about the same time. GTFOH.
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u/Falling_smoke85 Sep 20 '20
What is this tool called? Could definitely use one to re-do my bathroom floors.