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|tool name=Compasses
|tool name=Compasses
|german=Reißzirkel|image=Old school compass.JPG
|german=Reißzirkel|image=Old school compass.JPG
|synonyms=dividers, divider calipers; DE: Zirkel, Reißzirkel
|synonyms=dividers, divider calipers; DE: Zirkel, Reißzirkel, Stechzirkel
|type=[[:Category:Marking & Measuring|marking & measuring]] hand tool
|type=[[:Category:Marking & Measuring|marking & measuring]] hand tool
|access=upon reading
|access=upon reading
|location=
|location=[[Location::Measuring Shelf]]
|material=nearly everything
|material=nearly everything
|manual=
|manual=

Latest revision as of 14:27, 4 February 2024

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Compasses

Old school compass.JPG
Synonyms: dividers, divider calipers; DE: Zirkel, Reißzirkel, Stechzirkel
Type: marking & measuring hand tool
Material: nearly everything
Location: Measuring Shelf
Access Requirements: upon reading
Similar (More or Less): scriber, calipers

Compasses (or "dividers") are tools to draw or inscribe circles as well as to reproduce distances.

We have a scribing compass and one that uses a regular pencil to make its mark.