Making a Marking Gauge

easterngray · Post by **easterngray** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:15 pm

As I get my Shopsmith restored, I'm thinking about small projects that will be fun to undertake when I'm done. I like wood marking gauges, and would like to make one. Searching for plans on the web, I came across these - a simple but handsome marking gauge. Here 'tis:

http://www.woodmagazine.com/wood/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/wood/story/data/1139361803156.xml&catref=wd26

I'll post pictures when i get down to making one. I thought some of you might like to see these plans and give it a whirl.

Alec

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:42 pm

Thanks for sharing Alec. I printed out the plans for a future project.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:59 pm

About the best marking gauge I have is one that Jim McCann (who wears too many hats here at Shopsmith to count them all) made for me. It appeared in my book "Using Hand Tools." It's a "combination" gauge, so you can set up to score up to three different lines, and two of those can be sets of parallel lines. It's impossible to find a marking gauge as useful or as versatile on the commercial market.

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We're getting a syllabus for a "Making Hand Tools" course at the Academy, and this will be included, most probably.

With all good wishes,

rcartmetal · Post by **rcartmetal** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:07 pm

It certainly has a very high "gizmosity" factor! Looks like a fun project.

tchwrtr55 · Post by **tchwrtr55** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:19 pm

Holy Katts!!!! Now I know why I spend as much time on this site as I do. That is a neat project. I have been looking for one of those gages for years. What kind of wood is that make from?

Thanks

Mark

Weatherman says snow is moving into Northeast Iowa tonight. Old Man Winter is not done yet.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:18 am

The gauge is made from wenge, Mark. And thanks for your kind words. Thanks for yours too, Spike, although I'm not sure that "gizmosity" fits in the "Kind Words" column. However, it certainly fits under "Cool and Confusing." Rest assured that I will weave that one into my sampler.

With all good wishes,

billy · Post by **billy** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:57 am

That gauge looks fantastic. Are there plans I can buy to build one?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:38 am

billy wrote:That gauge looks fantastic. Are there plans I can buy to build one?

Methinks post #3 is as close to one as you will find!

Ron309753 · Post by **Ron309753** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 7:46 am

The plans are in Nick's Using Hand Tools book, which is one of the books in The Workshop Companion series. I don't know if it was published anywhere else. I don't think you will find it anywhwre else but Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... er=&colid=

Sincerely,

Ron309753

fiatben · Post by **fiatben** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:47 am

Ron309753 wrote:The plans are in Nick's Using Hand Tools book, .... I don't think you will find it anywhwre else but Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... er=&colid=

http://product.half.ebay.com/Using-Hand ... oredetails

Alec, I couldn't get the link to open. Can you tell which issue it is? Also, have you seen the depth gauge in WOOD Dec-88, page 78? Simple, and elegant.

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