Marking Gauges gallery
Welcome to the Marking Gauges community gallery. You can watch Paul’s introduction to the project here.
Paul’s example…
Now over to you…
Marking Gauge by jeff gose
Had fun , repurposed a walnut plaque, short drill bits and laminated an Ash-Poplar face. Discovered card scraping curves with “simple steel”. One coat of raw lindseed oil (about a week drying) and buffed with floor wax. Already started a few more beams and faces. thanks
Marking Gauge by Lisa Burt
Paul Sellers marking gauge, made of American walnut and marblewood
Marking Gauge by Greg Merritt
Hard wood (beach?) wedge lock, one hand operation
Marking Gauge by David Gill
Made from Mahogany Finished in Shellac and waxed Blade made from Jig saw blade
Stringing Gauge by Mark Dennehy
Simple marking gauge style of stringing groove cutter in offcuts of american black walnut and white oak using a lie nielsen cutter. Simple little tool, but the first one I’ve made in the shed if you don’t count jigs like the shooting boards and bench hooks and the like.
Mortise Gauge by C.J. Cole
Mortise gauge made of sapele with an oak dowel. Pins are finish nails that were clipped and sharpened.
Cutting Gauge by Reagan Herman
Walnut and brass body, oak beam, cherry wedge.
Marking Gauge by Mike Daigle
Hard maple body and stem, red oak locking pin; beeswax finish.
Marking Gauge by Matthew Newman
Mostly hickory, wedge is made of maple and black walnut.
Marking Gauge by Scott Brodersen
Oak, finished with floor wax.
Marking Gauge by Hugh Coleman
Olearia and Oak Wood. Pin made from a broken drill bit
Marking Gauge by Liviu Cerchez
Marking gauge made from a broken chisel and scrap wood
Thank you to everyone who has sent a picture in!
If you would like to submit a picture to the gallery, please use the submissions form.