Reply To: Cutting Gauges

@hkimsey , @delong1974 do you sharpen your wheel gauges in any way? I bought one from LV a number of years ago, but found it did not give a crisp line. Many people like them, so I must have done something wrong, but I never did get it to work to my satisfaction. Have you ever run into this issue?

@sanford my cutting gauge is like an exacto knife, not rounded, and cuts in only one direction. It is a Japanese cutting gauge and has a large fence, so there’s no need to go in both directions in order to keep from wobbling off the fence at the end. I don’t use it much. Most of the time that I’d use a cutting gauge, I really use a knife and a square. To me, that is more accurate. For example, when cutting dovetails, using a square on the reference edge is a direct reference. If I run a cutting gauge along the end of the board, that cutting edge must have been perfectly squared to the reference edge, which is a chance for an error. Anyway, if you want a round cutting gauge, you could regrind whatever you get, no?