Large Format Makers Cabinet Iris Compass

Large Format Makers Cabinet Iris CompassThis beautiful drawing compass is made by Makers Cabinet in the UK, who craft stylish, high quality drawing accessories. It is inspired by the Iris mechanism on a camera. Iris LF gives you the freedom to draw circles effortlessly. Iris LF is the new and improved Iris scaled up to draw 120mm circles. Enjoy drawing single, concentric, or even shaded circles with its unique moving aperture. The walnut centring tool allows you to position your circle to a

if desired

mortising machine etc

38 mm long manganese-vanadium steel blade is hardened to HRc 61 and is sharpened at 20 degrees with a tip angle of 55 degrees

4 micron) GlassStone (50102) is fairly coarse

It is named after Jim's beloved rescue dog and shop companion Alfie

Enjoy drawing single

6mm thick x 34mm long (1

Angular accuracy of spring steel gauge is ±0

You can choose to only glue the liner to one aluminum jaw (we find this works well for our plane making work)

have a flat on the back to prevent rolling

It makes a very nice smelling finish for the inside of drawers and can also be used on leather

However the blade can be easily field adjusted should it ever go out of square