Bevel gauge

I like. Very nice. Can you give some hints as to how you cut the slots in each piece?

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Slots are cut with a router. But NOT with the stock in its thin state. You work from a larger piece, plunge cut at the router table then slab off a blank for the blade.

Look closely at the blade and you can see the burn marks from the router at the start and stop points. I didn’t bother sanding those out.

As to the body, well, again look closely at the first picture. It is a bit shadowed but you can see the body is laminated. The spacer is just one of the cut-offs from making the blade. When the gauge is closed, the bevel mates with the spacer. Also, think about the screw you pick out. I’ve made the side that has the bolt head thicker to allow for the recess. How much thicker? Don’t know, didn’t measure but it looks like about 1/16” thicker, maybe a little more. It will depend on the bolt and bolt head.

And finally, the two ends are not at the same angle. One is at 45, the other at 60. This gives you ways to mark small 30, 60 or 45 angles quickly.

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Nice looking tool.

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Very nice, quick and easy tool to make and I am sure you will get a lot of use out of it.

very cool

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Cool tool nice woods too.

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Very nice. I like hand made tools. They say that ingenuity can improve things.

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So nice, it’s true – never too many…

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Nice. I also like hand made tools!

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