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I was watching a video from Woodsmith Shop and they had a jig to measure the height of a saw blade or a router bit. It was very simple. A block of wood with a hole and a dowel with a ruler attached to the dowel. It worked. So I decided to make one for myself, but no large diameter dowel in the scrape bin.

This is what I came up with. Used some scrape mahogany and put a slot in each and then glued them together to form the body. I cut a slot for it to fit over the saw blade and a wider slot to fit over a router bit.

I then milled a peg to attach a ruler from a 6" adjustable square. This is the important part. The ruler is made of aluminum. Make sure you do not use one made of steel. I epoxied the ruler to the peg and attached a drawer knob that has a large base. Stock item at a big box store. The drawer pull keeps it flush with the top. Insert the peg and cut the jig off to give a flush fit at the bottom. A couple of coats of spray lacquer and it is ready to go to work.

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That is COOL!
 

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Now THAT is clever.

I just added a project to me "to do" list.

-bob
 

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Great idea.no trying to eyeball a tape measures less room for a mistakes
 

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I like it
Looks great
 

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Very cool nice work.
 

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Great idea. Simple and straight forward.
 

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NEAT-O ! Quick easy and dead on! Good work! Thanks for sharing!
 

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Hmmm… I see a great use for those $9.99 six inch digital calipers at HF.
 

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That is a great idea. Nice work. When did they send that video out?
 

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Great execution or a simple idea.
 

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Cool! great engineering.
 

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Very good and simple idea.
 

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I tip my hat to you sir.
 

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very nice, thanks for sharing
 

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Why didn't I think of that BEFORE I bought the expensive fancy digital height gauge??
 

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I second the comment on the HF digital calipers - especially since they are half price right now.
John in Hadley
 

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Well done. I like the use of the drawer pull.
 

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I'm making one this weekend. Very useful! BTW, what is the problem with using a steel rule instead of aluminum?
 
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