View Full Version : Should marking gauge brass be proud of fence?
Herv Peairs
05-02-2019, 10:25 AM
I've seen some where it's proud and some where it's flush. I've been told that it should be proud, but have also seen a recommendation that it be sanded down flush. What say you?
Jim Koepke
05-02-2019, 10:43 AM
My preference is for flush. If it is proud, depending on its size and shape, it can cause the gauge to rock in use.
jtk
Chuck Nickerson
05-02-2019, 12:17 PM
If it's proud then it's the real fence.
Herv Peairs
05-02-2019, 9:19 PM
Thanks, Jim. This is what I was thinking.
Rob Luter
05-03-2019, 1:43 PM
Flush. The brass inserts in my old Stanley #77 gauge were flush with the fence.
Derek Cohen
05-04-2019, 12:13 AM
I've seen some where it's proud and some where it's flush. I've been told that it should be proud, but have also seen a recommendation that it be sanded down flush. What say you?
Herv, I have never come across brass strips - on either vintage or modern gauges - that are finished proud of the surface of a fence. I do not see the point for raising them up - this reduces reference surface.
The one on the right is from Colen Clenton ...
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/AHandcutMorticeandTenonPrimer-BlindMortice_html_37a81a49.jpg
Note that the ebony insert for the Kinshiro is also flush.
Below is one I made. Brass is flush ...
https://i.postimg.cc/G3gdbChQ/1-zpsgyw8ijei.jpg
Regards from Perth
Derek
Joe Bailey
05-04-2019, 1:22 AM
I have seen them proud of the head stock on dozens of old gauges -- it's almost certainly the result of wood shrinkage/movement.
Agree that they should be flush.
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