DCT Equal Space Divider Tool Woodworking Metal Ruler, Equidistant Measuring Tool, Spacing Divider Wood Center Finder 2ft

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Step #6: Divide the result in Step #5 by the number of dividers plus one (10 dividers will result in 11 spaces). This will leave you with the width of the equal spaces. Or, maybe you, person reading this, will run with it and make version 9?!?! I've attached the Fusion 360 file to this step in case you want to play with the geometry (Thanks mevans12 for requesting it!). Units: The math is unit-less in that if all inch units are used the result is in inches and if all mm al used the the answers are given in mm. Also, meters, angstroms, or whatever makes you happy is used just keep the length units consistant. So sometimes I want to be lazy and don't want to math when laying out a project. Judge away, but you know you've been there too...

3D Printed Equal Space Dividers - Handmade with Ashley 3D Printed Equal Space Dividers - Handmade with Ashley

Finish Projects]: Mark evenly divided sections or spacing for cutting, drilling, doweling, jointing, pinning, welding, and other woodworking, carpentry, and construction applications; Use for biscuits, screws, shelving, pegs, steel fabrication on the field, or anything uniform; Even use for buttonholes and longarm machine quiltingFits Any Application]: 8 marking notch points on each side (16 total); Extends to 24 inches (61 cm) with marking notches from 4 to 24 inches (10.2-61 cm); 24.75 inch (62.9 cm) overall fully extended length with 3.6 inches (9.1 cm) maximum distance between points

Equal Space Divider Divide Lines up to 10 Equal Parts has 11 Equal Space Divider Divide Lines up to 10 Equal Parts has 11

With this observation, I changed directions from a sliding style divider tool to a pivoting style divider tool. This doesn't look as neat, isn't as fun to use, isn't as clean to mark intervals since the tip is canted - but it removed a little more tolerance and it reduced the number of parts to assemble so we'll call it a win. California Residents Prop 65 warning: Products may contain a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.

If you want different widths for end gaps (say, for fasteners), subtract the end gap widths from space width before making your selections. For example, if the space width is 1219 and if you want end gaps of 12 for fasteners, enter 1195 for space width (1219 - 12 - 12 = 1195). The even-width measurements will then span between the two end gaps instead of between the two boundaries. Step #7: Add the space width (Step #6) to the divider width (Step #2) to get the on-center measurement needed to mark the dividers' placement. In the fabrication of wood or structural steel component spacing may be required and determined by the fabricator. Do you think this will be as accurate as the commercial versions? Answer - Probably not. This version is made of wood and there has to be some "tolerance" to allow the screws to rotate. However, I'd bet it's just as accurate as using a tape measure to do the same layout job and it's faster.

Equal Space Divider Tool Equidistant Measuring Tool Spacing Equal Space Divider Tool Equidistant Measuring Tool Spacing

In case you were wondering, that is the official metric spelling of "laser." Trust me, I'm an engineer... Enter the maximum number of dividers you want to be included in the generated list of even spacing options. Step #4 OK, I know you have questions, so here's some questions I asked myself while working on this re-mix. IMPORTANT: Numeric entry fields must not contain dollar signs, percent signs, commas, spaces, etc. (only digits 0-9 and decimal points are allowed).

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Score! Turns out Mikeasaurus has an Instructable for a similar version of the tool I'm after! https://www.instructables.com/id/Equidistant-Layou... V2 eliminated the clash, but the divider body ended up a little weaker than I'd like in the indent area. Loctite the chicago screws once you're happy with everything. This will keep them from loosening as you open and close the tool. (A dab will do, go easy on the loctite!)