The pointer finds the step
The blade sits in the corner where the casing meets the floor. A tape measure cannot follow that corner; the pointer simply traces around it.
23 cm · pointer and roller ends · locking pencil slide
Scribing Tool
Walls wander and door casings step in and out. Run the pointer along the real edge and the pencil in the slide draws the same line on the piece you are about to cut, shifted by the distance you set. One thing to know first: the maker publishes a single measurement, 23 cm, and no instructions, so this page describes what its photographs show and says so where they leave a question open.
How many
1 tool
$29.99
Three single tools:
One complete tool. Enough for a job with a single gap to follow: set the offset once, lock it, and keep it for the whole run.Sold out
One complete tool. Enough for a job with a single gap to follow: set the offset once, lock it, and keep it for the whole run.
BUY 2 GET 1 FREEBuy 2, get 1 free
$59.98
Three single tools: $89.97
3 complete tools arrive: you pay for two, and the third one is free. Three offsets stay set at once: a wide one for the run along the wall, a tight one for the cuts around casings and a third for the next piece, so nothing needs resetting. Or hand one to whoever is helping and keep one as a spare. The order ships free.Sold out
Three single tools: $89.97. $19.99 each. Save $29.99: 1 tool free. 3 complete tools arrive: you pay for two, and the third one is free. Three offsets stay set at once: a wide one for the run along the wall, a tight one for the cuts around casings and a third for the next piece, so nothing needs resetting. Or hand one to whoever is helping and keep one as a spare. The order ships free.
Buy 2, get 1 free: three complete tools for the price of two single tools, so the third one is free, and the order ships free. The saving shown is that free tool; shipping is not counted in it, since two single tools also reach $49 and ship free. One tool on its own comes in under $49 and ships for $4.95 unless the rest of your cart takes the order to $49.
Buy 2, get 1 free
Total $59.98
- Free US shipping from $49
- 30-day returns on unused items
- Delivery in 7–15 business days
Scribe the edge, cut to the line
Copy the wall onto the board.
A tape measure tells you how wide the gap is at one spot. This follows the whole edge: the pointer rides the wall or the casing, and the pencil in the locking slide draws that same line on the piece you are fitting.
- 23 cm long, about 9 in
- Pointer at one end, roller at the other
- Locking pencil slide with a thumb wheel
What you are looking at
Four parts, and the slide is the one you set.
Two orange rails joined by a black piece at each end, with a slot between them. A pointer sticks out of one end, a pair of small bearings sits on the other, and a black slide carrying the pencil runs in the slot.
The pointer follows the edge
A thin pointed blade at the head is the part that touches the wall, the casing or the molding. It is narrow enough to sit in the step of a door casing, which is where the maker's own photo shows it.
The slide carries the pencil
The black slide has a clamp for the pencil at one end and a ribbed pad for your thumb at the other. Push it along the slot and the pencil moves closer to the pointer or farther from it.
The thumb wheel and the lock
A brass-colored knurled wheel sits in the middle of the slide, directly behind the pencil clamp. The maker's photo of the tool in use also shows a row of fine teeth along the inside of one rail, beside the slide. The maker sells the tool as “with lock” and does not say which of the two holds the slide.
A roller on the other end
The tail carries a pair of small bearings. The maker's photos show them clearly and never show them at work; the questions further down say what we make of that.
Described from the maker's photographs. We have not taken one apart.
The specifics
Straight answers
There are fewer numbers here than on most of our pages, because the maker publishes fewer. One measurement comes from its own graphic. The rest of the table is what its photographs show, and the rows that say not published mean exactly that.
23cm*
overall length
About 9 in. The maker prints 9.17 inch beside it, which is not 23 cm.
2ends
a pointer and a roller
A pointed blade at the head and a pair of small bearings at the tail.
1wheel
on the pencil slide
Brass-colored, behind the pencil clamp. What it tightens is not published by the maker.
1color
orange and black
Orange rails with black ends. It comes in one color.
* The marked figure is the maker's own and is not measured by us.
Full specifications
A hand scribing tool: a follower at each end and a pencil slide that locks between them. No photo shows a numbered scale on it, so it copies a line; it does not measure one.
- Overall length
- 23 cm, about 9 in The maker's graphic prints 9.17 inch beside 23 cm; 23 cm is 9.06 in, so we quote the metric figure
- Offset range
- Not published by the maker No smallest and no largest distance between pointer and pencil is given anywhere
- Followers
- A thin pointed blade at the head; a pair of small bearings at the tail The pointer is shown in use. The bearings are shown, but not in use
- Pencil holder
- A sliding carriage with a pencil clamp and a thumb pad The maker's photos show it facing both ways in the slot and do not explain why
- Lock
- Not described by the maker “With lock” is the maker's wording. The photos show a brass-colored thumb wheel behind the pencil clamp and a row of fine teeth inside one rail; which one holds the slide is not stated
- Scale or graduations
- No numbered scale in any photo The maker's title calls it a ruler. The photos show evenly spaced molded lines without numbers along the outside of a rail; the maker does not say what they are
- Body
- Plastic, by the maker's listing Orange rails, black ends and a black slide. No grade of plastic is named
- Pointer material
- Not published by the maker
- Pencil
- Shown with the tool in the maker's photos Not listed as included, so not promised. The size the clamp takes is not published
- Weight
- Not published by the maker
- Color
- Orange and black One color only
- Instructions
- None published The steps on this page are how a scribing tool is used and what the maker's photo shows
- Pieces per pack
- 1, or 3 with buy 2, get 1 free Buy 2, get 1 free is three complete tools, the third one free
In the box
- One scribing tool (three with buy 2, get 1 free)
The single is one tool. Buy 2, get 1 free is three complete tools: you pay for two and the third is free. The maker's photos show a wooden pencil with the tool, but its listing never lists the contents, so we do not promise one.
Where it earns its keep
A floor plank meets a door casing
The maker shows the tool at work in one photograph, and these are three close views of it. The same move, follower on the fixed edge and pencil on the loose piece, is how a countertop is fitted to a wall or a baseboard to a floor. The maker does not show those jobs, so we are not showing them either.
The pencil stays a set distance away
The pencil stands in the clamp on the slide, at the offset set before the pass. Whatever path the pointer takes, the pencil takes the same one, that far to the side.
The plank carries the outline
The stepped line on the plank is the casing's profile, moved over by the offset. That is the cut that lets a plank go around a casing instead of stopping short of it.
Using it
Set the gap, lock it, follow the edge.
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Set the offset
Lay the piece where it will go, as close to the edge as it will sit. Slide the pencil holder until the pencil is as far from the pointer as the widest gap you have to close, then tighten the thumb wheel and check that neither the pencil nor the slide moves.
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Follow the edge
Keep the pointer on the wall, the casing or the molding and draw the tool along it. Hold it at the same angle to the edge all the way: let it swing and the distance to the pencil changes, and the line with it.
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Cut to the line
The pencil has drawn the edge onto your piece, moved over by the offset. Cut on the waste side of the line and test the fit before you trim any closer.
The maker publishes no instructions for this tool. These three steps are how a scribing tool is used and what the maker's own photo shows. How the slide locks is not published: the photos show a thumb wheel behind the pencil clamp and fine teeth inside one rail, so make sure both the pencil and the slide hold before you mark.
One tool, or buy 2 get 1 free
What the extra tools are for
A scribing tool is only as useful as the setting it is holding, and one tool holds one. Buy 2, get 1 free puts three in your hands for the price of two single tools. This is what changes with three, and what does not.
| Feature | Buy 2, get 1 free | 1 tool |
|---|---|---|
| Tools you receive | Three | One |
| Copies an edge at a set offset | ||
| Offsets held at once | Three | One |
| Several gaps without resetting | ||
| A helper marking at the same time | ||
| A spare for the next job | ||
| Tools you pay for | Two; the third is free | One |
| Ships free on its own |
Every tool in buy 2, get 1 free is the same tool as the single, and the order ships free; one tool on its own comes in under $49 and ships for $4.95. The buy box shows the totals and the saving from the live prices.
Free shipping on orders of $49 or more. Below that, standard shipping is a flat $4.95 to any of the 50 US states. Delivery takes 7–15 business days from the time you order, and that window already includes the 1–2 business days we take to process. Shipping & Delivery.
30-day returns. Items must be unused and in their original packaging. Email support@nexuratool.com with your order number to start a return. Returns & Refunds.
30 days from delivery. Email support@nexuratool.com with your order number and what you want to return. We reply with a return address — do not send anything back before you have it, or we cannot match the parcel to your order.
What we can take back: unused items in their original, undamaged packaging. Adhesives, sealants and lubricants cannot be returned once opened; the same goes for any item with a broken safety seal. That is a safety and hazardous-goods rule, not a preference.
Who pays: return shipping is paid by you, except when the item arrived damaged, faulty or was not what you ordered — then we cover it and refund the original shipping too.
Refunds go back to the original payment method within 5 business days of the return reaching us. Full returns policy.
QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK
Before you order
What does a scribing tool actually do?
How far from the pointer can I set the pencil?
Does it come with a pencil?
What is the roller on the other end for?
How does the lock work?
The photos show the slide facing two different ways. Which is right?
The size graphic says 23 cm and 9.17 inch. Which is it?
What is it made of?
One tool, or buy 2 and get 1 free?
How long does delivery take, and can I return it?
23 cm · pointer and roller · locking slide
Stop guessing where the wall goes.
One tool, or buy 2 and get the third free: each one has a pointer, a roller and a pencil slide that locks. The maker publishes one measurement, and we have told you what it leaves out. Free US shipping from $49, and 30 days to return unused items.
