"Steve Turner" wrote in message
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Bill wrote:
My wife mentioned she would like to give me a woodworking
item for xmas...haven't mentioned anything yet.

I'd sure like to have a Lee Valley Imperial Micro-Adjust Marking Gauge for
Christmas, if anybody wants to get one for me:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...55&cat=1,42936

I think your wife wants to get you one too Bill. :-)


Steve,

I picked up a guage on sale at Rockler this month for $9.99 ($5 off).
Hopefully it will
work well-enough for someone who has never used one before. You were right,
my
wife snatched it right out of my hand. :-) Please correct me if I am wrong:
it can be used
to mark mortises and tenons, right? So if I have two 3/4" boards that I
mark 1/8" on each
side, shaping a tenon out of one board and cutting a mortise in the other, I
should get
perfect fit, no? It'll never happen? Sand the tenon accordingly? Any
tips?

I just read in Woodsmith about a simple jig (just a block) used to make sure
the craftsperson
cuts the bottom of the dovetail joint (perfectly) square by holding the
smooth face of the
chisel up against the block while cutting down. Seems like that idea may
come in handy
for trimming up mortises and tenons too.

I was thinking of making some endtables (as well as a workbench), but I
think I should
practice my joinery skills on smaller and less-expensive pieces first.

I was admiring their 9" Rockler woodworkers vise while I was there
($129.99). Might come in
handy for my woodworking bench...

Happy holidays (to all),
Bill