Get your mind around this gauge !!

Ian Gillis

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A 4 beam marking/mortise gauge - with a sliding extension.

Just what you might need when laying out a couple of mortises of different widths or offset... or what ?

This looks like a tool for somebody who's got all the tools.

Pretty cool to look at anyway :)

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That’s a very cool tool! I’d love to see the inside of the body, I’m having a hard time visualizing how the one thumb screw locks all 5 rods.:confused:

It would appear that the screw tightens down on the two top beams and they in turn tighten up the bottom pair. Least that is what I get from the pic. Sure would like to have it though.

Mike
 
Hey, this thread came back to life!

For the beam-challenged, there is always the Veritas Dodeca-Gauge...

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This was the April Fools joke from a few years ago...wonder what the boys and girls in Canada will put up this year? Tis coming soon...

Take care, Mike
 
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