I have an antique marking gauge made with mahagony and brass. and I need to replace the brad in it. Does anyone know or have an idea on how to replace the cutting brad in the end. Thanks.
Other than snag the old one with vise-grips and pry it out, then pound a new one back in with a ball peen… Just kidding! Seriously, not a clue except for what I just said. Good luck! ;0)
Mike, if I'm understanding you correctly, that shouldn't need replacing… and is usually steel…
If it isn't exposed enough, they can be pulled out a little more with a pair of vise grips or a metal vise…
If it's exposed too much, you can tap it in a little further by tapping the point on the metal vise and re-sharpening it…
You just don't want to push-pull them, back and forth, too much or they'll be too loose…
If that happens it will need replacing with something of similar shape, only a little bigger…
Hope this helps…
Oh, I forgot to mention… if it's not exposed at all, or not enough for you to grab, they usually go right through anyway… meaning, you should be able to take a tiny brad and tap it out a little from the back side…
well mike if you want to change the brad…it will depend on what you want to change it to..you could change it to a frank or a tom or a harry or maybe even a charlie…but other then that..i dont know how else to change a brad….LOL…now i hope your laughing at that one…if not…dont be so cranky…hey you could change the brad to cranky…...ok…maybe it was all a bad joke…or maybe not…lol….......did it work…grizz
Thanks guys for all the *helpful" hints. I may be able to grab it with a pair of needlenose pliers. Thanks for jokes too, I wouldn't expect any less from you guys. LOL God Bless, mike
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