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Walnut and American holly, shop made tightening bolt, jigsaw blade for cutter, beeswax and oil finish.

I wanted a marking gauge with a blade instead of a pin and this style is very easy to make. The bar is 4 pieces of 1/4×5/8 rather than a solid piece with a routered slot. The holly piece behind the cutter is turned end grain up so the screw goes into face grain. Bolt is a 1/4×20, I chiseled out a spot for the head, glued a piece underneath to hold it in and then turned to shape on the lathe. Depth of cut is about 5 1/2". I made it over the course of 3 days but total time was probably 90 minutes not including finishing. If I make another it would go much faster.

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very nice looking gauge, great work
 

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That is lovely. I need to make one of these.
 

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This is a great looking gauge. A treasure you will keep I hope.
 

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Nice one Rick.
I need to make one, thanks for the inspiration.

Steve
 

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Very nice work! Like the reuse of the jigsaw blade for the cutter.
 

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Thanks everyone.
 

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never get tired of looking at them, this is a nice one! thanks for sharing
 

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Thanks for this Rick
I need one from time to time and this sounds like a easy straight forward build and looks beautiful .
 
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