Old marking gauge
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I picked up a interesting marking gauge yesterday. Double arm with a rectangular wedge that tightens the arms. First time I've seen one like it.





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#9
Handmade. Cool!
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#10
Nice
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#11
, nice find Steve.


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#12
That's really cool! Ol' J.G. (whoever he was) knew what he was doing.
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#13
"Lemme see, it is winter here in Maine and furniture commissions have dried up. No more house raising until spring. I think I will spend some time making that scriber that I needed. It is a small project and I can work on it right here in front of the fire. Now where are those walnut scraps..."
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#14
And did a pretty nice job, too, down to adding some scribed decoration.
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