On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:12:51 -0400, Bill Rogers
wrote:

|On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 19:46:02 -0500, John wrote:
|
|For scribing, a pencil and a washer will do a very good job. Pencil
|in the hole in the washer, then run the edge of the washer against the
|surface you want to scribe to
|
|Neat! There's something new every day.
|
|Vary the size of the washer to vary the offset from the scribing
|surface
|
|Problem: the hole varies in size also.

No, the problem is keeping the washer from riding up the pencil.