Rivet spacing tool

[Jakko]

If you’ve ever had to add rivets to a model, you’re probably aware how hard it can be to get the spacing right, especially if it’s a distance you can’t easily measure with a common ruler. Some time ago, I came up with a simple enough solution, that I now put some more time and effort into so that I can share it with the rest of you, in the hope you’ll find it useful too

That is to say, rulers with spaces between the marks of 1.00, 1.05, 1.10, 1.15, etc. millimetres:



And because I was making these anyway, also an aid for evenly spacing out rivets and other things around the circumference of round objects:



You can download the PDF here — print it out at 100% (don’t reduce or enlarge to fit your paper size!) and read the instructions on the first page


Edit, about an hour later: Version 1.0.1, some typos fixed.

 

[Jim R]

Many thanks Jakko
You are certainly right that spacing rivets evenly is very awkward. Get one slightly out and it is painfully noticeable.

 

[scottie3158]

cheers Jakko very useful.

 

[Jim R]

Printed out fine. Instructions are clear.

 

[Jakko]

Great, I hope they prove useful

 

[JR]

The Committee were impressed with this, and decided even though it isn't a model it deserves

Very kind of you to put the effort into this and publishing for all to use.
Congratulations.

 

[Jakko]

Thank you very much, though they’re so simple to make that it really doesn’t deserve a prize Most of the work consisted of doing it again because of improvements I thought of, which was easier to make almost from scratch rather than adapt the ones I had made before …

 

[Scratchbuilder]

I have a selection of old clock gears, made up a suitable handle to take the spindle, all ready to start adding rivets to wings etc - then went into armour modelling, ah well!!!