Make Your Own Measuring Guage

As a machinist, I often used a measuring gauge or surface gauge for comparing and layout work. It's just a base, and a riser that holds a pointer and slides up and down on a shaft.

Mine was a Starrett and cost about 200 clams - though I seemed to remember they actually preferred money to mollusks. But they are designed for a scriber since you are etching on metal after first coating it with Prussian Blue dye. I had to make an adapter to use a common pencil on my expensive surface gauge.

Well here is an easy way to do that and costs a couple of bucks - maybe.

This one is made from plywood, hardwood, HDPE, heck you could use pretty much any stable scrap material. And as a seasoned, expert craftsperson we know you keep good scrap for just such occasions.

We won't show how to make one here, but click on the link to go to the Documents section of our web site and get a pdf copy.

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Happy marking!