Tuesday, June 15, 2010

gauges

  1. marking gauge:
--it is made of wood and it is used to draw lines parallel to the edge of a piece of wood
-- it has one marking point

2.mortise gauge:
--it is an improved form of marking gauge which instead of one,carries two scribing pins-one fixed other movable
--it has two marking points
--it is used to mark two parallel lines in a single operation on a face
---this is special y used for mark mortises and tenons and other such similar joints which require parallel lines

3. panel gauge: it is used to mark lines across surface

4.cutting gauge: it has a steel cutting knife, held position by a wedge to vary the depth of cut
it is mainly used for cutting parallel strips from thin wooden sheets up to 3 mm an d for making thin deep lines in thicker sections

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