I enjoy cutting dovetails by hand and I enjoy making my own tools. This little gauge was fun to make. I hack sawed the brass shape from 1/8” stock and cleaned it up with a file. I riveted it to a hardwood guide block with two copper nails. The one end has a 1:5 slope, suitable for softwoods, while the other end is 1:8 for hardwoods. I have now dreamt up the Mark II version but still have to make the time to do it….
Dovetail Marking Gauge
Thu, 05/27/2010 - 22:19 | by Div
exquisite!, and thanks for
exquisite!, and thanks for the visit today, eventually got the top off that saw and you were right, the rods were fully rusted, got them loose and the mechanism now works....
I am always right, just ask
I am always right, just ask my wife!!