Tom Bussey
12-03-2018, 8:11 PM
I have been considering getting a new marking gage for a while. I really like the one I have . I Got it off from a retiring Pattern Maker back in the 80s. The bar is hex so when it gets dull I just rotate it. The long bar comes in handy but it is also sometimes cumbersome so I have been looking for something a little shorter.
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Anyway an add came into my email for an iGAGE marking gage, it seem that magazines are partnering with catalog suppliers now. I had already checked it out. I wasn't really considering it because it was at the top of the price range, and I thought the fine adjustment could be a little gimmicky, but the sale price was a good price so I bought one. And here is what I found.
The fit of the bar and the finish of the gage superb. I have arthritics in the thumbs and I can lock the gage solidly in place with one hand. It has both metric and fractional measurements on the bar. I am a 6" steel rule man so I do not know how useful those marking will be but I do have them. It also has a fine adjustment knob that works smoothly and accurately. Again it is a feature I may or not use but it is there when I do chose to use it. Since it is round I tried to get it to roll off the table but I couldn't get it to roll much. The two locking screws put it out of balance so I don't think it could accidentally roll off from my work bench. Yes even I can knock it off or any other one off the bench. Here is a picture.
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The only down side I have found is it is a little to big to fit in the drawer I keep my steel rules squares marking knife and so on. I will have to cut a flat on it so it will fit and allow the drawer to close. I used Blum self closing drawer slides on all the drawers on this side so the actual drawer is not as deep as it looks. The drawer is the top right.
398009
I usually don't endorse a tool but I will make an exception on the iGage Marking gage. Fit is smooth, locks solidly with one hand even with arthritic thumbs and I think it will do everything I ask it to do without messing around. And I don't have to worry about it rolling off from my bench.
If you are going to tell me you found this post useful, great, if you are going to tell me how you do it differently please start your own post.
398005
Anyway an add came into my email for an iGAGE marking gage, it seem that magazines are partnering with catalog suppliers now. I had already checked it out. I wasn't really considering it because it was at the top of the price range, and I thought the fine adjustment could be a little gimmicky, but the sale price was a good price so I bought one. And here is what I found.
The fit of the bar and the finish of the gage superb. I have arthritics in the thumbs and I can lock the gage solidly in place with one hand. It has both metric and fractional measurements on the bar. I am a 6" steel rule man so I do not know how useful those marking will be but I do have them. It also has a fine adjustment knob that works smoothly and accurately. Again it is a feature I may or not use but it is there when I do chose to use it. Since it is round I tried to get it to roll off the table but I couldn't get it to roll much. The two locking screws put it out of balance so I don't think it could accidentally roll off from my work bench. Yes even I can knock it off or any other one off the bench. Here is a picture.
398006
The only down side I have found is it is a little to big to fit in the drawer I keep my steel rules squares marking knife and so on. I will have to cut a flat on it so it will fit and allow the drawer to close. I used Blum self closing drawer slides on all the drawers on this side so the actual drawer is not as deep as it looks. The drawer is the top right.
398009
I usually don't endorse a tool but I will make an exception on the iGage Marking gage. Fit is smooth, locks solidly with one hand even with arthritic thumbs and I think it will do everything I ask it to do without messing around. And I don't have to worry about it rolling off from my bench.
If you are going to tell me you found this post useful, great, if you are going to tell me how you do it differently please start your own post.