...that are packed with shavings!
A big Thank You to Dean Jansa, who sent me one of his handmade marking gauges that's based on one found in Benjamin Seaton's tool chest.
Dean wrote an article for Popular Woodworking on how to make this style gauge, which includes downloadable plans.
The coolest thing about this tool is you can release and tighten the wedge that locks the arm in place with just one hand. Because the wedge has a little hook on the small end, it can't fall out. It can only be removed if you slide the arm the entire way out of the head.
Plus, the gauge just feels good in your hand.
Why did Dean s
end me this lovely little tool? He claims that when a bunch of us were out to dinner at WIA he promised to make one for me. I don't remember this, but then, he was drinking and I was not. And who am I to question the saber-sharp memory
that can only come from partaking of beer's frothy goodness?(I just hope he doesn't remember that I promised to make him a Krenov-style jointer plane.)
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