New Shop Made Marking/Cutting Gauge and Blog Page Template

Gauges are tools for producing lines upon the surface of wood, parallel with the edge they are used upon. George Ellis, Modern Practical Joinery , 1902 I started making this gauge about a year ago, it was a rainy day project that I didn't finish until today, thus it became a snow flurry day project. The fence and arm are walnut, the wedge is made from a 20 year old piece of ebony, the cutter was taken from a purfling cutter that I abandoned long ago. I need to reshape the cutter's end from a knife point to a v-point, that tends to work better for cutting veneer into purfling strips. There is another marking/cutting gauge on the tool shelf that is the standard "go to" gauge, but I wanted another gauge just for cutting veneer. Here is my quiver of gauges, from left to right: the newest gauge, the day to day gauge, a double arm mortise gauge and a pin gauge. The mortise and pin gauges were made from Claro walnut harvested near my parents home in Northea