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Four More Marking Gauges
Furnished content. (from Lumberjocks.com)
These four making gauges were made from brass ones that I purchased. I turned down the brass to my original dimensions and then turned the wood cover from exotic woods to dress them up. I was told by a friend that African black wood is ” chiippy”...that it is brittle and chips break off. I did not find that to be the case with it but I thought I would look up the Janka hardness numbers on all of these for comparison. The first one is Canary wood from Brazil ( Janka 1520) Next is Cocobola from Mexico (Janka2960). Next is Jarrah from W Australia (Janka1400) and last is African Blackwood from S Africa ( Janka 3760). For comparison Aspen is Janka 380.They are finished with EEE and ShellawaxCheers, JimHere is what I turn them down to:
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posted at: 12:00am on 01-Jul-2020 path: /Woodworking | permalink
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