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Hand work, in particular, is much easier to manage with a knife line that never smudges, changes in thickness or is offset from the point you intended. After a few years of woodworking with my X-Acto, I discovered spear-point, single bevel marking knives, such as the Blue Spruce knife shown in the photo above.
Though some woodworkers would disagree, this form is ideal for marking joints for hand-cutting. The flat side rides the shape of the piece you want to mimic. The knife marks its location with zero offset. But no one ever showed me how to use a marking knife. And sometimes it would follow the grain instead of the path I had set for it. Then one day, I realized what I was doing wrong. I was moving the knife too fast and with far too much pressure.
Once I slowed down and took three light passes in place of one heavy pass , my accuracy took another leap forward. If you need to add some makeup to a knife line, run that mechanical pencil down the knife line, then run an eraser over the pencil line. Here are some supplies and tools we find essential in our everyday work around the shop. We may receive a commission from sales referred by our links; however, we have carefully selected these products for their usefulness and quality.
THEN I was expected to split the line when working. It was customary to work to one sixtyfourth inch tolerances or better. That one technique has stood me in very good stead all these years. If you check the technique paragraph on page 14 of my first book, you will find another couple of subtle points which may help. I learned a fence adjustment trick from a retired woodworker: slide the fence close to its final position and tighten the thumbscrew only lightly.
Then gently tap either end of the stem on a hard surface to fine tune the fence setting before securing the screw. Normally, I can get a clean line across the grain with just one pass of the knife gauge. Occasionally, to keep the knife from following the grain, I would make a light pass and then make a second, deeper layout line.
Of all the gauges, a wheel gauge has the shortest learning curve. You can use a wheel gauge with pull or push strokes. Sometimes, the cutting disc may follow the grain, such as, for example, when the grain lines approach the reference edge. The remedy is to work the gauge in the opposite direction. For gauging a line far from the reference side with the stem extended, I use a three-finger grip. I place my index finger on the stem to steady the travel, with my thumb and middle finger behind the fence as I draw or push the tool.
The Marking Gauge Is Not Just for Gauging In addition to its function as a marking tool, you can use a marking gauge for many other tasks. For instance, you can find the center of an edge by making marks from both sides of the stock and locating the middle when the marks meet. With practice, you can split thin veneers into string inlay with a knife gauge. Sometimes, I can clean a dovetail shoulder accurately with a marking gauge.
Finally, a wheel gauge is a useful transfer tool. It can be used for transferring the depth of a mortise to mark the tenon's length, as shown in the diagram. Right: A sharp wheel cutter in a marking gauge can clean a shoulder accurately like a chisel. Some believe that a woodworker is only as good as his or her scribing tool.
Charles Mak, now in retirement, is an enthusiastic hobby woodworker, teacher, writer and tipster. He formerly worked part-time at his local Lee Valley Tools store. We recommend using strong passwords that are at least seven characters long and combine uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols.
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