Stupid panel gauge question

Re: Stupid panel gauge question

Brent Smith

>I agree with you on using a pencil. There is less chance a pencil will follow the grain. On a panel you have less control of the marking end of the gauge and a pin or cutter has more chance of wandering from the line. With a pencil just a lite pressure will mark the cut.

Brent

Re: Stupid panel gauge question

Derek Cohen (in Perth Australia)

>Hi Frank

I think I'd rather have a knife than either a pin or a pencil. The knife will cut a cleaner line than a pin, and the feather edge that is created as you plane to it is a better indicator that you have reached the line than one drawn by a pencil.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Both? *LINK*

Christopher Schwarz

>I'm always frustrated by the pin in my panel gauge when I work in oak, ash or other open-grained woods. The knife line is impossible to pick out from the grain lines. So I inevitably end up knifing the line with the gauge and then marking over it in pencil. What a glorious waste of time.

Steven Shepherd used to make a panel gauge that had both a knife and a pencil. I think it's what he still shows on his site (link below). It's the small marking/slitting gauge.

Chris


http://ilovewood.com/handmade_woodworking_tools.htm

Re: Stupid panel gauge question

Dean J in MN

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Hi everyone, yet another gauge question here (I'm making a few): which would you prefer on a panel gauge: a pin or a pencil?

Frank --

I had the same question when I build my panel gauge. My solution was to make my stem reversible, with a pin on one side and a hole for a pencil on the other. Pick which side is best suited for the job at hand.

-Dean

Thanks guys I'll go with both!

Frank D. in Montreal

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