What is it? Set 444

You're right about it being a gauge but it wasn't for thickness planing, the answers can be seen at the link below:

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Rob H.
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Good job on getting the answer, and thanks for sending the link to the old school dental instruments which I posted with the answer for this tool:

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Rob H.

Is it for percussion or palpation in an exam?

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J Burns

I object to the specific clapboard suggestion, as they are tapered (always mounted with the thinner edge at the top), and the link you have there even shows the tool with the proper taper for the lumber in question.

What you have shown might have been used for a similar purpose with plain planks, but not with clapboards. The one for clapboards does not even need the additional beveling at the entry, since it is already tapered, but one for constant thickness planks would need the bevels shown on your tool for ease of starting onto the plain plank.

Enjoy, DoN.

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DoN. Nichols

Not sure if the taper in the gauge is necessary or not, but I included in my answer that this tool could also be used for regular boards.

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Rob H.

I feel that the taper *is* necessary to grip equally at top and bottom of the board. Without that, it could shift as you are drawing the line.

Enjoy, DoN.

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DoN. Nichols

Well, there sure isn't any easily found information on the web to explain the making of a clapboard preacher, though I think most people made their own from scrap wood.

I totally forgot to mention that I'll be posting on Wednesday this week instead of the usual Thursday.

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Rob H.

If you had an assistant to hold the other end of the clapboard, you could hold the gauge. That seems more straightforward than expecting the gauge to grip. If the closed end of the gauge were down, you could use the gauge to support the clapboard with one hand, and scribe with the other. In that case, the gauge could not be tapered.

If the scribe were a dull blade with a sharp point, it could slide along the face of the gauge, and it wouldn't matter if the gauge fit the clapboard snugly. Using a pencil, the carpenter might have his assistant rotate the clapboard four degrees or so for a snug fit against the gauge. The carpenter could also use the gauge to mark the thick bottom of the clapboard, then lay the board on sawhorses and use a square.

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J Burns

but it does come into direct contact with part of the body."

Does. I was trying to think of why a modern health professional would touch a patient with varnished wood.

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J Burns

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