Dovetail Swap Items - Marking Gauge, Marking Knife, and Saw guides.

Super job Todd. Those look very classy. I want to see your blog about making the thumb screws/knobs.

-- Bob, Missoula, MT -- Rocky Mountain Saw Works http://www.rmsaws.com/p/about-us.html -- ~Non multa sed multum~

absolutely superb man!

-- Mos - Twin Cities, MN - http://www.youtube.com/MosquitoMods - http://www.TheModsquito.com

Glad to finally see what all the struggle was about and find out it was worth all of it! Hawt Damn son, you did good!

-- Jake -- "Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us." - Neil Degrasse Tyson

Dayummmm. That is a pimp status setup. I’ve not followed that thread so this is my first inkling. I’m glad I didn’t participate if I was going to need to match this bling.

I would have embarrassed myself. :-)

Incredible stuff!

Edit: how the frack did you make that brass inlay so tight? I mean toight!

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Dang, inlay, custom hardware. That’s some sweet stuff.

Thanks guys.

Bucket – That process took awhile. Used a rotozip with Dremel cutting blades to rough it out, then used needle files to get the shape.

The traced it on the piece

Then used the rotozip with a drywall depth attachment and a mill bit to hog out most of it. And then moved to and Xacto knife until it fit.

A little gappy, but after a bit of CA glue and saw dust with some sanding it looked better

Then some finish

Bob, DonW, and Red all contributed to process I used.

-- I came - I sawed - I over-built

That brass inlay is ridiculously nice, as are the screws. Did you glue walnut to an existing brass fitting? Does the top screw mar up the brass beam in use? And did you use brass wood screws to attach the plates, then sand them smooth? If so, that’s an amazing countersink job cuz I can’t see them at all. Great job.

-- Allen, Colorado (Instagram @bobasaurus_woodworking)

I knew you were going to save your problem item Todd but

I didn’t know you were going to hit it out of the park.

Outstanding work Sir.

Spectacular.

-- Rick M, http://thewoodknack.blogspot.com/

Nice work man! Definitely blog about your hardware-n-such, gotsum swank toit! Twitch is gonna be stoked with that set up.

-- "My god has more wood than your god" ... G. Carlin.

Beautiflul tools, and I too, would love to see how you made the hardware for these tools.

Thanks so much guys.

I’ll blog about the hardware tomorrow.

-- I came - I sawed - I over-built

Did you glue walnut to an existing brass fitting? Does the top screw mar up the brass beam in use? And did you use brass wood screws to attach the plates, then sand them smooth?
- bobasaurus

Kinda, but not really. Yes, unfortunately is sort of does mar it – hindsight is a B. No screws, TerryR convinced me of the strength of epoxy. I gave Norm a lifetime guarantee if any of it breaks, but he better fill out that warranty correctly and submit it on time. I’m a stickler for paperwork.

-- I came - I sawed - I over-built

The guides and the marking knife look really great, but the marking gauge is unbelievable and blew me away!

-- Uwe from Germany.

Awesome job, the marking gauge is topnotch!

-- "....put that handsaw to work and make it earn its keep. - summerfi" <==< JuStiN >==>=->