Tracer ProScribe Tool with Deep Hole Pencil, Lead Holster and Carry Case (DIY, Woodworking, and Carpentry Multi-Function Scribe Tool)

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So I've got this door frame to scribe into the wall. The wall's not perfectly straight, and there's quite a bit of a gap there. So I'm going to use the TRACER ProScribe to scribe it in. I've already set the tool up.

As you can see, the blades done quite a nice cut, I can't really say an awful lot about my cutting skills I just noticed here but we'll try it. We'll try it out, we'll try it anyway. Let's see how well it fits. I said, I wouldn't mind a bit more exact, a bit more of my scribing ability a bit more so than the actual tool itself. If I actually cut it the proper length that would really help, but as you can see even my poor cutting ability and poor scribing ability, the shape is perfect. So the tool itself, I must admit, it's quite an impressive wee thing. The Deep Hole Pencil. I've already got one of these which I've been using awhile. Very, very handy for marking out in bathrooms, for positioning of sinks, basins, marking into deep holes say for putting boilers up. Absolutely handy piece of kit.Works perfectly and I will be using it quite often, I think. Especially for cutting around pipes and things like that and plasterboard. You know, plasterboard patches and it's got to be up to a frame or something like that again, around pipes. And perfect for marking out. Actually, it's quite well made and sturdy. And their pencils, like I said, are good. They're made to last. I've been using them for quite a while now. No complaints there. Right, let's try this here again. So I go from the bottom, go up. I'm sorry if I'm out of focus here. This is my fault, not the pen's. As you can see, if I knew what I was doing it would be a lot neater. That should give me a nice neat fit, and we're going to cut it out and give it a go.

Going to open this. I see another set of instructions. Tells you how to set the ProScribe up. Inside the bag, there's a container with 20 leads, which are different colours, so that will be handy for marking on different materials. I did find that it's quite a bulky thing. I was literally scribing about five mil off of the actual architrave. And to actually set up the point, you're talking a minute sort of distance. Which as you can see, the pencil moves quite a bit. I don't know if you're as scribing a bigger area, if you were wanting to describe that sort of thing in, whether it would be accurate enough. I don't know. Out here where it's lovely and sunny, and I've actually been sent at the same time this wee SMART Blade which, I use SMART Blades quite a bit so we're going to try cutting this here, see how we get on. Bare with me a sec.Now, this would be particularly handy for odd size products. At the minute, we are fitting some lights that are 200 mil wide, and, also, we have some spotlights, or emergency down lights, which are 45mm. This comes in handy for marking up exact measurements. We also have some speakers that are 210mm. This will be very handy for the marking of that, if you're going to cut out by hand. I've used this on the last job hard. It was okay. It did the job scribing in some flooring. But the main problem I had with it was these tightening bolts. Despite how much you put on them, they would come loose whilst you were doing your scribe and it meant that the scribe was unreliable and it took a bit of effort to stop that happening. So that's one thing they could work on, a different sort of way of tightening the points that move on the actual scribe. As the name suggests, this is also a scribe. It can be used on other areas, such as a straight scribe. This could be handy for door frames. Again, marking parallel marks. Also, if you ended up with something a little more awkward, something that you need to get round, and you're unsure how, you can adjust the gap. This will slide under, otherwise, then you can simply follow it along. Now you can get parallel scribe, from it, and can get it perfect. You have to excuse that little gap there. As you can see, you can run it along a certain edge and get it exact. This is great for skirting, kitchen fitters, tilers, things like that, that have to get around those sort of problems.

So SMART Blade's on the Milwaukee, takes two seconds to change and we're going to try cutting this here out. I'm not going to bore you with that but I'll tell you how well it cuts. But I don't think I could do it one-handed while holding the phone at the same time. It does do its job. Yes, it can scribe. It can be adjusted. It can do everything that it says it can do, but it's also very clunky. Compared to other ones like a Trend model, you haven't got to undo every little bolt and slide it around to do everything. You can actually use it one-handed a Trend, you just roll it out and it will give you the dimension you need.So quite easy to use, actually. The pencil slots into there. Nice little grip. Tighten up, using these to position it. Nip it on, and you use it as a compass as such. Handy for marking the positioning of pipes through kitchen units. Very handy there. You can also adjust that as a parallel marker. On a bit of wood like that, and move a little bit farther forward like that. And as you can see, marks a parallel line on there. So a quite handy bit of kit, I would imagine. So you take this out, loosen the two ends. It does adjust up and down and then slides up. It's not the deepest. I could probably use one that's slightly longer, and one that maybe extends more and more, but that's not available. It does have a nice smooth rail at the bottom. This does help and it just flies across the surfaces. That's quite nice. And I like the TRACER pencils, I actually carry one every day as it is, but the good thing is here, it even comes with a spare one. So when I do, well, set it down somewhere and it gets borrowed by another tradesmen, which of course never happens. It comes with everything you need. There's the ProScribe down at the bottom, the pencil with the great wee sharpener inside of it and spare leads.

Hi, I'm Steve from HPE Services, and I've been sent this TRACER ProScribe by Tool Talk for the review, which I'm very grateful for. Just looking at the tool briefly, it's basically like a compass. So you have to set the actual thing up. And that's the gap that I want to be measured. There's a couple of different screws. So you can angle this differently, depending on which angle, if you've got a bigger sort of scribe to do, or if you're sort of doing a profile bit. All the instructions comes in the kit like I showed earlier, but I've already set that up. So I'm going to give it a go. It's Gareth from Udell Electrical Services. ToolTalk Expert Trades have sent me the TRACER ProScribe Kit just to try out and see what I think of it. So I'm going to get the kit out, use it on a job, and then review it and see what I think. So I'm just going to hold my piece of timber where I need it, and then gently hold the ProScribe TRACER against the wall and send the line.So yeah, overall, very good build, looks nice. The case is sturdy. So I haven't got to worry about it breaking. And I do like the case. I don't know, if I show you that. It's a very sturdy case. So literally when I was done, I just put it with me tools, threw it in the van. Didn't have to worry about anything getting broken. So great for that.