Findicator

General Discussion
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From another discussion.

"ace wrote:
I do not want to take this discussion away from what it is about.  The " findicator" started with Bonzers as a jig that had the markings for the layout. Over the years as other fin styles have come into being I have adapted it to include them. This way i know that I have a pretty good shot at hitting the right fin placement cause there is a consistency based on experience and I do not have to measure the same thing over and over. It is really just a functional record of reference. I think there is a picture of one on Swaylocks somewhere. If not I will take one.  I am sure that other people have different layouts for different reasons "Findicator" has worked for me. 

Iv’e searched the archives…you’ve mentioned the findicator in the
past.

But I cant find a picture."

Here you go… This is what has worked for me others have other ways. This is an older one my “new” one is clear.

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Thanks for posting this up. Much appreciated.

Now if I could only make sense of it.

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Now THAT'S the kind of stuff that separates us from the animals...

Those one-off tools you make that ends up to work so well that it falls apart with too much use...The really good ones can never be replicated.  You can get close...but the magic will be gone.

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Brilliant.