Same way as you. Only difference is that I use a scriber.

 

These are the tools I use for scribing panel lines and similar.
Two of them are from the dentists´ supply shop, the other ones selfmade.
The "real razor blade" saws are excellen because they don´t waste much material when cutting something with them.
The tiny scribers and blades are made of electric welding wires from Wolfram (very hard), shaped with a Dremel and cutting disc. The one with the hook is the most efficient scriber because it takes off a tiny "hair" of plastic and leaves a rectangular gap/line.

Schackel

 

What a wonderful set of tools you have there Schackel

QUOTE (Schackel @ 11 Oct 2004, 11:31)The one with the hook is the most efficient scriber because it takes off a tiny "hair" of plastic and leaves a rectangular gap/line.

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The square bottomed line is what I'm after which I can't achieve with a scalpel or scriber.

Many thanks for posting the pics and the info

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I'm off to grind my own scriber now

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Thanks,
MAF

 

I use a very small woodworking gouge called a 'veiner'. It's V-shaped and cuts a very fine shaving out of resin or plastic- when it's sharp. It leaves a V-shaped cut, not a flat-bottomed one of course, but that hadn't bothered me until you pointed it out!

 

QUOTE (howmet tx @ 11 Oct 2004, 15:57)I use a very small woodworking gouge called a 'veiner'. It's V-shaped and cuts a very fine shaving out of resin or plastic- when it's sharp. It leaves a V-shaped cut, not a flat-bottomed one of course, but that hadn't bothered me until you pointed it out!
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Well, howmet, as you see I also have two v- shaped scribers among the others.
It depends much on the material which scriber I use. The rectangular one works best with Styrene and similar softer plastic. The v - shaped ones are used with fiberglass bodies for example because their surface very often is harder and the line edges might tend to split if scribed with the rectangular tool. With the v - shaped I can start with a tiny thin cut and enlarge it if possible or necessary.

schackel