Folks don't know if anyone has ever used one of these but I found my old one from school ( used in Technical Drawing the old fashioned way lol) called a flexi - curve, useful for hyperbolic paraboloid roof shells if i remember correctly, well as I couldn't remove the toilet I had to tile around and not having a profile guage I remembered this little gadget still lurking about so gave it a go and great result.

I've seen solder, paper, cardboard etc being used , but heres just an idea that I found useful and cheap as chips.

I keep a roll of linning paper in the van, roll some out put the tile on top and cut round that and use that as a guage against any curved objects

Originally Posted by Polished

Folks don't know if anyone has ever used one of these but I found my old one from school ( used in Technical Drawing the old fashioned way lol) called a flexi - curve, useful for hyperbolic paraboloid roof shells if i remember correctly, well as I couldn't remove the toilet I had to tile around and not having a profile guage I remembered this little gadget still lurking about so gave it a go and great result.

I've seen solder, paper, cardboard etc being used , but heres just an idea that I found useful and cheap as chips.

I have been looking to find one of these on the net for some time. Anybody any idea where I could get one?

Thanks Polished, great idea!!! I think my daughter even has one I can nick I pop into the flooring shop now and then and collect off cuts of Lino. This is perfect for scribing around the toilet with and making a cutout to work to. Will try your new method also, thanks heaps

Frogot to add.... best way to use the lino is to cut to the same size as the tiles you are working with (lay one on top and cut round with knife). once you have tiled all the floor (excluding the tiles around the toliet) you lay the pre made lino tiles out and cut them to fit exactly. once they all fit perfect take them and trace onto your tile for cutting. works perfect every time.

i'm sure i'v seen them on ebay,
Not used one myself but i know a few on here do!

Originally Posted by grumpygrouter

I have been looking to find one of these on the net for some time. Anybody any idea where I could get one?

look on ebay under 'unique flexicurve'

Definitely on ebay, I think they also use them for profiling horse saddles, Stationary shops should have them as well I think that's where I got my one all those many moons ago.

Cheers Burncross. found them!

Get them from staionairy shops, bendy rulers.
Most have them, mainly used for plotting charts etc etc.

Originally Posted by Polished

Folks don't know if anyone has ever used one of these but I found my old one from school ( used in Technical Drawing the old fashioned way lol) called a flexi - curve,

useful for hyperbolic paraboloid roof shells

if i remember correctly, well as I couldn't remove the toilet I had to tile around and not having a profile guage I remembered this little gadget still lurking about so gave it a go and great result.

I've seen solder, paper, cardboard etc being used , but heres just an idea that I found useful and cheap as chips.

WHAT....

lol yes only thing I seem to remember from my days doing technical drawing. And how the flexicurve was the business for drawing up the curves of the roof shell once you had plotted it out.

linning paper for me. ive tried the others and dont get on with them

Originally Posted by P'boro tiler

linning paper for me. ive tried the others and dont get on with them

You don't end up scrapbooking do you..............

Originally Posted by Dave

WHAT....

butterfly roofs Dave I think!?

pop into your local carpet shop and buy a £ 5 reminant of lino and bobs your uncle i used to use lining paper but lino is more forgiing and doesnt rip

lino I was using other day was as brittle as hell, but then again it was about 9 below zero!

Here's the links for anyone intersted,

unique flexicurve, Crafts items at low prices on eBay.co.uk

Whats the difference between Major and Minor before i order one?

Originally Posted by Oli

Here's the links for anyone intersted,

unique flexicurve, Crafts items at low prices on eBay.co.uk

Whats the difference between Major and Minor before i order one?

Pass...but they are cheap enough arn't they..?..

Search for flexible curve in ebay, there are ones cheaper and a different range of sizes. Regarding Major & Minor, from what I can remember ( please don't hold me to this as it has been a long time since secondary school days) they relate to the Major and Minor elliptical axis, the major ones (curves) tend to be stifer and longer while the minor tend to be more flexible and shorter (allowing for drawing tighter more precise curves). It's all down to the lead core and the 2 steel inserts within the plastic.
And be gentle with them the lead core can break and are not to be used for whipping some poor apprentice :-)

Originally Posted by Polished

Search for flexible curve in ebay, there are ones cheaper and a different range of sizes. Regarding Major & Minor, from what I can remember ( please don't hold me to this as it has been a long time since secondary school days) they relate to the Major and Minor

elliptical axis

, the major ones (curves) tend to be stifer and longer while the minor tend to be more flexible and shorter (allowing for drawing tighter more precise curves). It's all down to the lead core and the 2 steel inserts within the plastic.

And be gentle with them the lead core can break and are not to be used for whipping some poor apprentice

:-)

There's them words again.......lol....

And whipping apprentices....leave that to wivers....

Comes from a well know Tiler family

Bonnie Tyler - Total ellipse of the hearth

Nice one........for tiler family.......... for the joke........

Yep, Lino all the way for me. I always have 5 or 6 bits in the van ready for the next job (in fact got one this week). Just make sure you keep them flat otherwise they can be a bugger to work with.

Originally Posted by grumpygrouter

I have been looking to find one of these on the net for some time. Anybody any idea where I could get one?

Russ,

I have a spare one will rake it out and will either post it to you or leave it at CTD for you.

Gary

paper for me as well can cut the paper to size of tile hard to transfer flexi curve exactly onto tile!

paper for me also transfer onto tile then take largest area of tile off then wet cut the rest

normally paper/card but will be trying the lino . thanks for all the ideas

Originally Posted by Oli

Here's the links for anyone intersted,

unique flexicurve, Crafts items at low prices on eBay.co.uk

Whats the difference between Major and Minor before i order one?

Cheers for the link oli , ordered the 60 minor one and it arrived today, its a nice bit of kit just what i needed , ta mate..

I use plumbers lead solder for curves