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I got bored today working on some chairs, so I decided to make this knife marking Gauge. It was inspired by some article in a magazine some time ago, FWW I think.
The wood is Mahogany, the brass plate is 3mm thick and the blade is from a scalpel. The thumb screw Lee Valley. The finish is Fiddes supreme wax.
-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)






























20 comments so far
Mario
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posted 908 days ago
Very nice work. I like it. Looks like you will get many years of use from a tool like that.
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jockmike2
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posted 908 days ago
Very nice tool, an heirloom. Something that if taken care of will last a couple of lifetimes. jockmike.
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mot
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posted 908 days ago
Beutiful! I’ve always wanted to make one but never think about it when I have the time.
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oscorner
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posted 908 days ago
Great looking tool. Did you think of maybe routing a dado and putting a measuring tape on it to make setting it easier? Or would that even work? Just a thought, most store bought have a brass scale.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 908 days ago
you got bored and just whipped this up???
nice!!!!!!
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Bob Babcock
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posted 907 days ago
Very nice…
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Tony
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posted 907 days ago
If I added a tape to it, I would still use a 6” steel ruler to check the dimensions.
I have been using that steel ruler for a long-long time, I do not think I would trust another method.
-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)
CharlieM1958
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posted 907 days ago
Good looking tool, Tony…and sharp too!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
WayneC
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posted 907 days ago
Great Tool. Guess we should line up and get our orders in.
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David
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posted 907 days ago
Tony -
Great looking marking tool – I bet it cuts a crisp line with a scalpel blade!
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Tony
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posted 907 days ago
It produces a fantasticly thin, crisp line even in white oak. and the blades only cost about 10c each – so they can be replaced without any pain (cost).
If anybody is intrested in this little gem, I can try and find the article information, or even produce a set of instructions.
-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)
PanamaJack
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posted 907 days ago
Coooool Tool Tony!
Great craftsmanship. Brass end is made so that you can change “Scalpels” every so often?
Can you post the instructions. Or email them to me? Do not want any copyright problems here.
-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,
Aubster
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posted 907 days ago
Very nice. I wanted to build one, but I could not find the brass parts, so I bought one for Rocklers. I think I would have been more satified if I had built it myself.
Good Job!
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Sawdust2
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posted 907 days ago
So what kind of Finnish is that?
-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.
Tony
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posted 907 days ago
The Finnish Finish is my favorite Finnish Finish – from Wales
-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)
frank
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posted 906 days ago
Hi Tony;
—-ah yes, the love of handmade hand tools!
Great marking tool you have shown us here. Now I’m curious as to the Fiddes supreme wax, so I guess I’ll have to go and spend some time asking Dr. Google.
Actually I just now came back from visiting your website and must say what an informative place you have there. I also found your link for Fiddes and so I need not ask the google man.
I also noticed the nice workbench you have built, which is quite impressive and I’m sure you find very useful….ha!; when will I stop, welllll….I also noticed that you offer your services to do reproductions of fine furniture and so I came across the Gate-Leg Card Table by George Hepplewhite. One of the tops of the time period….1700, and a challenge to reproduce.
Thank you Tony for sharing your woodworking with us and for choosing to be a part of us here at LJ.
GODSPEED,
Frank
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tracker
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posted 903 days ago
That is really nice! I need to make one!
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rookster
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posted 903 days ago
We should all be bored like you Tony. I think that making beautiful tools is only half the fun: then you get to use them. Nice work.
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 630 days ago
that is so cool. i just saw a tool like that in a article of FWW only about 2 months ago for an inlay sort of thing where they used that. its such a cool tool. great job.
jeanmarc
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posted 550 days ago
Very nice work.
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