The M-Power Profile Scriber - gives you a perfect butt joint - every time. A simple and elegant solution to an age-old profile copying problem.

It’s the fastest accurate profile scriber in the world, completing traditional scribing chores with precision, speed and ease.

The Profile Scriber was designed to overcome a problem frequently encountered by tradesman and enthusiasts alike when scribing in work surfaces, flooring, shelves etc. into uneven surfaces and awkward areas.

Traditionally a pair of calipers or an extempore pencil and block of wood is used for this chore however this is extremely time consuming, inaccurate and requires a considerable level of skill or luck to get it right. Getting it wrong can be a very costly affair.

Irregular Profiles: Enter the Solution

The Profile Scriber is quick and easy to use, remaining stable whilst scribing directly onto work-surfaces, shelving mantles etc.

It works by running a wheeled scribe unit with a sprung pencil in its centre along an irregular feature, accurately copying the profile directly onto the workpiece to be installed, which can then be cut and fitted to the irregularly shaped surface with a profile scriber!

Because the Profile Scriber uses a tracing wheel to trace the profile of irregular features it has some key advantages over the block and pencil or caliper techniques that give it improved accuracy, speed and reliability.

Fine Tracing Point

Tracing a profile accurately requires the tracing contact point to be as fine as possible. This allows it to follow small deviations and irregularities and transfer them correctly to the scribed profile. The problem with the pencil and block method is that either the tracing contact point is not fine (wide but inaccurate) or it is fine but cannot be guaranteed to remain perpendicular when tracing due to wobble or snagging (causing inaccuracy). Calipers fall into the latter shortcoming, providing a fine tracing contact point but little or no stability and angle holding.

By using a wheel to trace the profile of irregular features the Profile Scriber’s tracing contact point is fine, and this allows it to accurately trace all manner of curves, bows, bumps, divots, deviations and peculiarities with only a small portion of the wheel actually touching the surface being traced.

Equidistant Tracing

Using a wheel with a centred scribing pencil ensures that the Profile Scriber traces a line with a constant distance from the surface exactly. As long as the tracing wheel is held butted against the desired profile, the traced line copied to the workpiece will remain at a constant distance from the profile and thus produce an accurate record.

By ‘design’ neither pencil & block nor a caliper can guarantee a perpendicular position during tracing, which would ensure equidistant profile recording. This is not the case with the Profile Scriber. By design it is able to guarantee equidistant profile recording using simple geometric configuration.

Contact on Two Planes

The tracing wheel is designed to run flat against both vertical and horizontal planes. The horizontal plane provides flat lying stability and a perpendicular pencil alignment whilst the vertical plane provides the accuracy via the fine tracing contact point and an equidistant measurement.

The underside of the wheel has a flat ridge on the circumference that provides a bridge between the pencil and wheel edge designed to improve stability.

The benefits provided by utilizing contact on two planes are inherent and do not rely on the skill of the craftsman or woodworker to achieve and maintain accuracy. This built-in accuracy with no requirement for specialist skills means both professional and enthusiast alike can get on with the job in hand of fitting a workpiece with an exact butting alignment.

The Profile Scriber Set

The Profile Scriber has three interchangeable tracing wheels constructed from solid PVC that attach to the shaft assembly. These wheels permit the Profile Scriber to deal with a wide range of situations giving the user options to provide the best solution. The small wheel lets you get into tight and narrow situations, whereas the largest wheel will allow you to profile the widest possible gap where the surfaces has large deviation. The four wheel diameters are: D29, D50, D70 and D90 or 1.14", 1.96”, 2.75” and 3.54” respectively.

The shaft assembly has a knurled finish for extra grip and control and houses a sprung scribing pencil. At the base of assembly is a freely rotating hub with O-ring seal to which the wheels are attached for tracing. The Profile Scriber build quality is excellent. This innovative tool is designed, manufactured and quality controlled in England, and carries a lifetime guarantee.