Comments on: Buying good tools cheap #7 Marking gauges http://paulsellers.com/2012/09/buying-good-tools-cheap/ Lifestyle woodworker Tue, 21 May 2013 04:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Paul Sellers http://paulsellers.com/2012/09/buying-good-tools-cheap/#comment-1180 Paul Sellers Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:16:00 +0000 http://paulsellers.com/?p=11027#comment-1180 Thanks for this. I know that this Uk company produces good products and has various price levels though I don’t know much about what they supply in the USA.
I looked on eBay USA, eBay.com not eBay.UK and was surprised that you don’t have hardly any of the gauges available here in the UK. Is there an embargo against imports from some climes?

]]> By: J Guengerich http://paulsellers.com/2012/09/buying-good-tools-cheap/#comment-1179 J Guengerich Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://paulsellers.com/?p=11027#comment-1179 I was buying some items from Joel at toolsforworkingwood and I noticed that they sell Marples gauges and a few others. I have some older guages that I found on ebay earlier in the year and they seem compareable to these and the price isn’t too bad at TFWW, if a guy is looking at new purchases.
If you’re not in a hurry, ebay will have some great buys, I bought a marking guage for $1.99 with minimal shipping.

]]> By: Paul Sellers http://paulsellers.com/2012/09/buying-good-tools-cheap/#comment-1177 Paul Sellers Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:39:00 +0000 http://paulsellers.com/?p=11027#comment-1177 Re wood over metal. Yes it is incorrect to say that wooden gauges lose their accuracy. I have used the same two marking gauges for almost five decades and probably more than most woodworkers would ever use them at that. They are as good now as they were then and they have plastic thumbscrews not wood or metal, which I might have preferred.
I think that the pins were filed only once. Now on old gauges the pins can become wobbly or be filed down to the nub but these are easy to replace with piano wire.
I would be surprised if Am Tech gauges are no available under another name as they definitely have the Asian look about them because of shininess. I cannot fault the materials they use wherever they are from. I will look to find out whether they are available in the USA.

]]> By: Brandon Avakian http://paulsellers.com/2012/09/buying-good-tools-cheap/#comment-1176 Brandon Avakian Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:57:00 +0000 http://paulsellers.com/?p=11027#comment-1176 Paul,

I have read some woodworkers prefer metal over wooden marking gauges because wooden marking gauges become inaccurate over time. Is this one of those myths Paul? Of if they do become inaccurate, they can be made accurate once again with a little work? I was just wondering your thoughts. BTW, I couldn’t find the AM-Tech mortise gauges online in the US. Is that a UK brand? As always, thanks.

Brandon Avakian

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