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

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An then... I found out there is a tool that can evenly space things 4 you! I must have one of these... The Equal Space Divider is manufactured in our Strongsville, Ohio factory, just south of Cleveland. Proudly Made in the USA! 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 quilting 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. If your tape measure includes markings for millimeters, these will produce the most accurate results.

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OK, I know you have questions, so here's some questions I asked myself while working on this re-mix. Version 1 was cut using cardboard. It mostly worked... The chicago screws fit correctly and the tool articulation was smooth, but the tool wouldn't close all the way due to the chicago screws hitting the indent on the pointer leg. You list polyurethane in the materials section, but this tool doesn't look finished? What gives? Answer - I need to stop using it for a couple days so I can take it apart and put a coat of poly on it to make it last longer! In the fabrication of wood or structural steel component spacing may be required and determined by the fabricator.Otherwise, if you are working with feet and inches, convert all feet, inches, and fractional inches to total decimal inches before doing the calculations. After the calculations have been completed, convert the equal spacing result to tape measurements (converters located beneath example calculation). 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. Enter the distance between the two boundaries of the space the dividers will span. You can enter whichever metric measurement you prefer, though millimeters will be the most precise. Just be sure to use the same metric measurement for the divider width. The result measurements will be synonymous with your entries. 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. Dividing a span of wood into several equal parts is a common task for any woodworking, carpentry, or construction application, but dividing mathematically or with calipers is difficult. Use the DCT 2-Foot Equal Distance Divider Hole Layout Tool to easily mark 8 equally spaced sections on any surface. You can specify the exact distance between the sections which allows for precise measurements without complicated calculations. This equidistant layout divider has 8 arms that correspond to the area you are marking, each of which is mounted on 2 joints in the moving section of the tool. Whenever the moving section of the tool lengthens or shortens, the arms retain uniform spacing throughout the movement. Position the arms at any distance between 3/4 to 4 inches to mark up to 2 feet total.

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Step #1: Measure the distance the evenly spaced dividers will be spanning (e.g., from post to post, the bottom of the top shelf to the top of the bottom shelf, etc.). Enter the maximum number of dividers you want to be included in the generated list of even spacing options. Step #4 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.Step #5: Subtract the total divider width (14 in Step #4) from the total space width (48 in Step #1) to get a total space width of 34 decimal inches (48 - 14 = 34).

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Step #6: Divide the result in Step #5 (34) by the number of dividers plus one (8 + 1 = 9), which equals 3.78 decimal inches (~ 3 3/4"). This means you will create 9 spaces of 3 3/4" with the 8 dividers.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). 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!)

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V2 eliminated the clash, but the divider body ended up a little weaker than I'd like in the indent area. Blue Loctite (I like blue over red Loctite for this in case we need to adjust the tension or change the design) I've also included pictures of the layout part of the assembly process, I know pictures help me more than text sometimes. Score! Turns out Mikeasaurus has an Instructable for a similar version of the tool I'm after! https://www.instructables.com/id/Equidistant-Layou... On the production side, we cut each component of the Equal Space Divider out of stainless spring steel using a computer-controlled laser. The pivot pins aren’t the loose rivets typically used in low cost dividers, instead we made precision Swiss-machined pins turned to super tight tolerances and held in place with stainless steel e-clips. You won’t find a better fitting divider joint anywhere.Combine the clever design, top notch materials and the extreme attention to detail and you get a tool that you will love to use. In case you were wondering, that is the official metric spelling of "laser." Trust me, I'm an engineer... IMPORTANT: Numeric entry fields must not contain dollar signs, percent signs, commas, spaces, etc. (only digits 0-9 and decimal points are allowed). 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.