Cutting Scale L Shape

Cutting Scale L Shape from Hasegawa

A modeling aid from the tool range of the Japanese manufacturer Hasegawa. It is not a model or a part for a model, but a ruler bent into the shape of the letter L, which does two jobs at once while you work: along the longer arm you guide the blade of a knife or a scriber, while the shorter arm serves as a stop and as a check of a right angle. The exact dimensions, the material and the range of the scale are given on the product packaging.

Use

• Guiding the cut when parting plastic sheet, profiles and decorative materials
• Scribing straight lines for the later engraving of panel lines
• Checking that bulkheads, floors and walls are square when building interiors and dioramas
• Measuring off repeated lengths thanks to the bent shape, which rests against the edge of the material
• A stop when trimming profiles to the same size

Who the aid is for

It will be appreciated by anyone who works with plastic sheet and profiles, builds scratch parts, interior bulkheads, buildings or diorama bases, and needs to be sure that the cut is straight and the corner really is square. The bent shape is more practical than an ordinary ruler wherever the ruler has to be seated quickly and repeatedly against the edge of the material without further measuring.

Work on a cutting mat, never on a bare table. Always guide the knife away from your body, keep your fingers out of the path of the blade and replace a blunt blade in good time, because a blunt knife slips and is more dangerous than a sharp one.