Feather Edge

[Rossi46]

Humour me here, which side of a feather edge do you rule with? The flat side up or the bevelled side up?

 

[Spitandpolish]

Bevel side up but prefer a darby with the handles removed. Have a 12 foot straight edge for special occasions .

 

[Salfordspread]

Humour me here, which side of a feather edge do you rule with? The flat side up or the bevelled side up?

Bevelled side up . When I lived in Devon them dumplings used it the other way y for some strange reason . They'd never used daddy's like us northern proper tradesmen. Ha ha

 

[Salfordspread]

Darbys

 

[Salfordspread]

Gets in angles easier

 

[Rossi46]

Well you’re all wrong
The bevel is so you can get into the corners with the flat edge. The hard edge rules much more accurate than a bevelled edge.

 

[Rossi46]

Think of a H rule, and a derby, all hard edges. The bevel on a feather edge is for ruling from hard angles.

 

[Spitandpolish]

Think of a H rule, and a derby, all hard edges. The bevel on a feather edge is for ruling from hard angles.

Did you learn that a the collage mate ???

 

[Salfordspread]

Does it bolloks ha ha

 

[malc]

Bevelled side up, I have a very lightweight featheredge which I can twirl about very easy. Often when another plasterer is watching me they ask if they can have a feel of my featheredge?

 

[Salfordspread]

Think of a H rule, and a derby, all hard edges. The bevel on a feather edge is for ruling from hard angles.

That's what I said how can the other side be more accurate it's the same rule ?¿

 

[Salfordspread]

Bevelled side up, I have a very lightweight featheredge which I can twirl about very easy. Often when another plasterer is watching me they ask if they can have a feel of my featheredge?

Hallelujah ffs

 

[Salfordspread]

Bevelled side up, I have a very lightweight featheredge which I can twirl about very easy. Often when another plasterer is watching me they ask if they can have a feel of my featheredge?

Yes so do I there the best for hardwall by a country Mile

 

[Spitandpolish]

Bevelled side up, I have a very lightweight featheredge which I can twirl about very easy. Often when another plasterer is watching me they ask if they can have a feel of my featheredge?

Do you let them feel it mate ?

 

[Salfordspread]

Do you let them feel it mate ?

No that's more precious than his bowls set . Ha ha

 

[ChrispyUK]

Had a really nice solid 6 foot ally feather edge that was in the van when it got pinched. Prob weighed in or someone at car boot got a bargain

 

[malc]

Darbys

The only time I use a Darby is for floating ceilings. A lot of plasterers use the H section on Hardwall.

 

[malc]

Do you let them feel it mate ?

Yes , they are trying to float with a heavy featheredge.

 

[spunky]

Well you’re all wrong
The bevel is so you can get into the corners with the flat edge. The hard edge rules much more accurate than a bevelled edge.

Don’t think it’s anything to do with that mate more the angle you hold it to the wall

 

[Rossi46]

Did you learn that a the collage mate ???

Honestly I’ve always used the hard flat edge. I worked at the college and was reading City and Guild books and it said the same. Not something I’d seen for a long time but a good refresher looking through the books.
Then I saw a Kirk vid recently, top plastering geek.

@ 8 mins

 

[Rossi46]

Don’t think it’s anything to do with that mate more the angle you hold it to the wall

It’s a gammy angle to rule with the bevelled edge

 

[spunky]

I use the bevelled edge never thought about it really
Does my head in when you’re working with someone who uses the other side and it gets doighty

 

[spunky]

Honestly I’ve always used the hard flat edge. I worked at the college and was reading City and Guild books and it said the same. Not something I’d seen for a long time but a good refresher looking through the books.
Then I saw a Kirk vid recently, top plastering geek.

@ 8 mins

He’s terrible with an edge sorry mate lol
He can’t hold them properly that does my head in, and when he ruled horizontally did he say he got that nice and flat then ruled right into the angle vertically he’s already got his screeds straight ?
I like him though he’s a top plasterer, full of informative knowledge, huge charisma, extremely generous, very inventive about new ideas
But we all know you’re not a plasterer till you’ve mastered a straight edge it’s the bosses way of keeping lads money down because they know they will ever do one hardwall job a year

 

[bobski]

Just use the f**k**g straight bit and close the thread

 

[Monkey Boy]

Well you’re all wrong
The bevel is so you can get into the corners with the flat edge. The hard edge rules much more accurate than a bevelled edge.

You lecturing on here?
Love it bring it on… the Rossi Xmas lectures

 

[ChrispyUK]

If you think about it, if you use the bevelled edge, cus it’s at an angle, then it’s further from the front to the back edge so it will automatically compensate for excess gear being ruled off

 

[Rossi46]

You lecturing on here?
Love it bring it on… the Rossi Xmas lectures

Nah it’s just a conversation I was having with another plasterer. Wanted to know what the consensus was on here.
b*ll***s to it, I don’t care.

 

[malc]

If you think about it, if you use the bevelled edge, cus it’s at an angle, then it’s further from the front to the back edge so it will automatically compensate for excess gear being ruled off

You rule off then you rule in.

 

[KingCharlesTheTurd]

He’s terrible with an edge sorry mate lol
He can’t hold them properly that does my head in, and when he ruled horizontally did he say he got that nice and flat then ruled right into the angle vertically he’s already got his screeds straight ?
I like him though he’s a top plasterer, full of informative knowledge, huge charisma, extremely generous, very inventive about new ideas
But we all know you’re not a plasterer till you’ve mastered a straight edge it’s the bosses way of keeping lads money down because they know they will ever do one hardwall job a year

top spread lol don't make me laugh he's just and ego w**k*r flogging his pink wonderstuff to the gullable mugs

 

[KingCharlesTheTurd]

Darbys

closest thing you've been to a darby is Man Utd / Man City you skimmer

 

[paulf]

If you think about it, if you use the bevelled edge, cus it’s at an angle, then it’s further from the front to the back edge so it will automatically compensate for excess gear being ruled off

 

[Rossi46]

top spread lol don't make me laugh he's just and ego w**k*r flogging his pink wonderstuff to the gullable mugs

Is that his own gear that pink glue?

 

[Salfordspread]

closest thing you've been to a darby is Man Utd / Man City you skimmer

Doubt it dickhead I watch rugby . Not pussies

 

[spunky]

He seems one of the normal ones to me, the sbr thing does my head in everyone on YouTube thinks he’s reinvented the wheel, clever guy though anyone see the video when he took the floor up to secure the lathes that had popped

 

[bobski]

Doubt it dickhead I watch rugby . Not pussies

So true

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