Hamilton Toolworks Marking Gauges

Hamilton Toolworks Marking GaugesHamilton Toolworks have been handcrafting beautiful ergonomic marking gauges in Arkansas USA since 2005. Their marking gauges are the ideal tool for laying out joinery, marking the thickness of boards, and other critical layout tasks. The marking gauge comes in two different sizes 4 beam and larger 6 beam. The smaller size is perfect for laying out detail work such as hinge mortises and dovetails, while the 6 size is an all purpose joinery and layout

and 16 mm wide x 9 mm thick base

20 mm and 26 mm widths and are supplied in a canvas tool roll

Made in Japan by Shinwa

as an alternative to metal pliers

The 1" (25 mm) size is especially useful for Kumiko work

This kit can be used to make a custom marking knife using material and shaping of your choice

with legs that are 20 mm wide and 5

equivalent to a medium fine grained conventional rasp

these small angle variances due to blade thickness shouldn't be critical - generally repeatability is more important than accuracy

The blade is 38 mm wide (1

A useful trick when checking for flatness is to scribble pencil across the stone and check to see when the pencil marks have disappeared

1-1/4" (32 mm)