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Poor man’s metal scribing compass

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Lowes didn’t have a compas for scribing on metal, but they did have a pencil compass and a scratch awl.

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A wide tip blue Sharpie makes a good substitute for layout fluid. I got the idea from Mike Powell’s book, Building Simulated Aircraft Instrumentation