I am conducting a poll (very scientific poll) on marking guages. Pin, knife or wheel style. Please vote (ounce). Results to follow.
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14 years ago
I am conducting a poll (very scientific poll) on marking guages. Pin, knife or wheel style. Please vote (ounce). Results to follow.
Once, not ounce. :^(
gauge, not guage. ;^)
Damn it, not damit... :)
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Damit! Thank you. Corrected.
I wuz nevar good at speling. :^|
lock down tightly, but the Tite-Mark has the advantage of being able to operate the fine-adjust with one hand. Both of them have A2 wheels, which means they stay sharp for a long time.
Chris
Tite-Mark.
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I was chcking out the Veritas on line last night. The micro-adjust feature is very appealing. On the shop-fox I own, the fence will move with too much force. Th knife style gauge own is made of rosewood so the thumb screw really tightens down good against the wood. If it locks down tightly like you said, I might give it a try. Thanks
I understand that dammit is now socially acceptable. Dagnabbit is allowed as well. GollyGeeWillikers is still tabu.
The Veritas tightens like a router collet, so it compresses uniformly against the shaft. I like the microadjust, but save a few bucks and get the one without graduations.
The TiteMark uses a pointed thumbscrews that lock into a V-groove in the shaft.
Chris
Chris- Do you have a link for the Veritas? I might be looking at the wrong model.
Here's the Veritas one. It's available in standard and micro-adjust, as well as graduated/non-graduated:
I like the old Stanley. Can't remember the model number, but it has two arms with a wheel on one end of each and a pin on the other. If you only need one, the other retracts into the body out of the way. But you'd have to find an old tool dealer to get one - or be very lucky at an estate sale.
I've got 2 and am very careful not to lose them :-).
Yep, that's the one I was checking out. It looks like it has a regular thumb screw, but I guess it's made differently than my piece of crap. Ok, I'm sold. I have been very happy with Veritas so far. Those Canadians sure do know a thing or two about woodwerk'n. :)
On the microadjust version, you first lock the rear of the body against the shaft using the knurled nut at the back end of the head. This locks using a router collet style compression fitting. You then turn the front part of the body relative to the back of the body for fine adjustment. The fine adjustment locks with the thumbscrew.
One thing to watch out for on all the versions with a circular body...make sure they don't roll off your bench! I wish they'd machined one or two flats on the rim to prevent this (or made it oval like their
3-in-1 gauge).Chris
Thanks Chris.
Minor correction, at least if you are talking about this one
I still prefer my old simple pin type, with knife-sharpened pin. My complaint with the 3-in-1 is that the natural place to grip it is also the tightening mechanism, and I find myself inadvertently loosening it.
OP: Alf's review of wheel-type marking gauges at the link below is the best I have found.
Yes, that's the one I meant. Goes to show how long I've been working on renovation projects rather than fine woodworking.
Chris
Nice link! Thank you.
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