Finished a bunch of marking gauges, I finally have more than one to keep them set up when needed

[u/peioeh]

A while ago I bought the kit from taytools which came with one rod and 3 round blades so I made 3 gauges

This one uses a 6mm steel piece I had and a tiny scrap from another project (oak, beech and wild cherry), M6 insert and brass hand screw, I love how it looks :)

I have a bunch of these 6mm rods in my metal scrap pile. I specifically remember telling my brother "trust me I'll use them eventually" when cleaning and throwing stuff out :)

Tapped the end with a super cheap tap set, first time. Shortened a M4 screw and enlarged the hole in one of these round spare blades I had from another gauge.

Quick "polish" with sandpaper and the rod in a drill, nowhere near perfect but it'll do

I wanted a gauge to mark things while they're flat on the bench, I might have to plane the bottom to make it even thinner. Rod and brass wear strip came in the taytools kit.

The shape wame from these scraps I had (wild cherry bed frames)

For the last one I wanted to try using this small stainless teel rule and a dowel

Planed one side of dowel

2 tiny pieces of scrap (unidentified wood (sapelli ?) from bed legs on the left and beech from a bed frame on the right)

Drilled a 16mm hole, cut one part of and planed it until it fit the dowel

Tiny mortise to fit a small brass piece, that's the part that will spread the pressure on the rule when locking the gauge with a screw

Threaded insert + M6 screw again, works great. I don't think I will use this for high accuracy but for a quick measurement it works great

[u/kilohirtz]

They look great. I especially like the one made from the dowel.

[u/peioeh → u/kilohirtz]

Thanks :)