It is a single row of pins held tightly by a bar but still allowed to
move, like a single row pin-box.

One uses it to take a pattern of molding by pushing the pins against
the molding, allowing them to adjust to its profile, to get a pattern.

I don't know what to ask for, let alone where to get it.

Thanks

It's a profile gauge:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,42936,42958

Cheers,

Steve


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It is a single row of pins held tightly by a bar but still allowed to
move, like a single row pin-box.

One uses it to take a pattern of molding by pushing the pins against
the molding, allowing them to adjust to its profile, to get a pattern.

I don't know what to ask for, let alone where to get it.

Thanks



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oups.com:

It is a single row of pins held tightly by a bar but still allowed to
move, like a single row pin-box.

One uses it to take a pattern of molding by pushing the pins against
the molding, allowing them to adjust to its profile, to get a pattern.

I don't know what to ask for, let alone where to get it.

Thanks



Woodcraft calls it a "Profile Copy Guage":
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=4860

wrote:
It is a single row of pins held tightly by a bar but still allowed to
move, like a single row pin-box.

One uses it to take a pattern of molding by pushing the pins against
the molding, allowing them to adjust to its profile, to get a pattern.

I don't know what to ask for, let alone where to get it.

Thanks

A contour gauge like this one?
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=14154-56005-837&lpage=none


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fearing to attempt."

On Sep 7, 10:23 am, "
wrote:
It is a single row of pins held tightly by a bar but still allowed to
move, like a single row pin-box.

One uses it to take a pattern of molding by pushing the pins against
the molding, allowing them to adjust to its profile, to get a pattern.

I don't know what to ask for, let alone where to get it.

Thanks

Well nobody's come up with the "Contour Copy Gauge" yet, so I'll jump
in quick with that. Don't have a URL for that one though.

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:49:05 -0000, "
wrote:

On Sep 7, 10:23 am, "
wrote:
It is a single row of pins held tightly by a bar but still allowed to
move, like a single row pin-box.

One uses it to take a pattern of molding by pushing the pins against
the molding, allowing them to adjust to its profile, to get a pattern.

I don't know what to ask for, let alone where to get it.

Thanks

Well nobody's come up with the "Contour Copy Gauge" yet, so I'll jump
in quick with that. Don't have a URL for that one though.

How abaout a Profile Contour Copy Gauge ;-)