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  • scmhogg
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2003
    • 1839
    • Simi Valley, CA, USA.
    • BT3000

    Depth Gauges

    I made these depth gauges from a plan in an old Wood Magazine. The woods are Mahogany, Tulip and Cocobolo. I cut the brass on the BT sandwiched between two pieces of plywood. I finished them with a couple of coats of Danish Oil, a couple of coats of shellac, [Zinsser’s French Polish] and a couple of coats of Renaissance Wax.







    Steve
    I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. Bertrand Russell
  • mater
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2004
    • 4197
    • SC, USA.

    #2
    Those are very nice. They look like show pieces.
    Ken aka "mater"

    " People may doubt what you say but they will never doubt what you do "

    Ken's Den

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    • JR
      The Full Monte
      • Feb 2004
      • 5633
      • Eugene, OR
      • BT3000

      #3
      beautiful, Steve.
      JR

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      • Whaler
        Veteran Member
        • Dec 2002
        • 3281
        • Sequim, WA, USA.
        • DW746

        #4
        Beautiful work, Steve.
        Dick

        http://www.picasaweb.google.com/rgpete2/

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        • RodKirby
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2002
          • 3136
          • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
          • Mao Shan TSC-10RAS

          #5
          Very nice!
          Downunder ... 1" = 25.4mm

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          • lrogers
            Veteran Member
            • Dec 2002
            • 3853
            • Mobile, AL. USA.
            • BT3000

            #6
            OOOOH I want one! Nicely done. There is just something about a wooden tool for a wood worker.
            Larry R. Rogers
            The Samurai Wood Butcher
            http://splash54.multiply.com
            http://community.webshots.com/user/splash54

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            • leehljp
              Just me
              • Dec 2002
              • 8429
              • Tunica, MS
              • BT3000/3100

              #7
              Nice looking! Simple too! Gotta make one, or two . . .

              I can never have too many depth guages. There are so many uses for them. I am an unorganized person but always put my 4 depth guages in a drawer and forget where they are. I need about 10!
              Hank Lee

              Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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              • Randy
                Forum Newbie
                • Jun 2005
                • 73
                • Tifton, GA, USA.

                #8
                Very Nicely Done!

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                • monte
                  Forum Windbag
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 5242
                  • Paw Paw, MI, USA.
                  • GI 50-185M

                  #9
                  Very nice work!
                  Monte (another darksider)
                  Reporting Live from somewhere near Kalamazoo

                  http://community.webshots.com/user/monte49002

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                  • BobSch
                    • Aug 2004
                    • 4385
                    • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
                    • BT3100

                    #10
                    Beautiful work. Almost too beautiful to use.

                    Bob

                    Bad decisions make good stories.

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                    • Tundra_Man
                      Veteran Member
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 1589
                      • Sioux Falls, SD, USA.
                      • Ryobi BT3100

                      #11
                      Heirlooms for sure!
                      Terry

                      Life's too short to play an ordinary guitar: Tundra Man Custom Guitars

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                      • John Hunter
                        Veteran Member
                        • Dec 2004
                        • 2034
                        • Lake Station, IN, USA.
                        • BT3000 & BT3100

                        #12
                        Very nice.
                        John Hunter

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                        • gmack5
                          Veteran Member
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 1973
                          • Quapaw, Oklahoma, USA.
                          • Ryobi BT3000SX & BT3100

                          #13
                          Darn nice looking Depth Guages there, Steve!
                          Kinda makes me envious (just a little bit).



                          Stop thinking why you can't and Start thinking how you CAN!
                          Remember, SUCCESS comes in CANS!
                          George

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                          • LCHIEN
                            Internet Fact Checker
                            • Dec 2002
                            • 20920
                            • Katy, TX, USA.
                            • BT3000 vintage 1999

                            #14
                            These mechanisms (the main part of digital calipers) are now on selling for $10. This one on eBay looks to the the same or very similar to the HF digital calipers.

                            Someone willing to make a inverted "U" measuring frame from a 4" square of plywood and attache to the "T" will have a zero-settable digital depth gage. The "T" arms are attached to the readout unit and the scale slides up and down from the unit.

                            Attach the U as I described, lower the scale to the table top (so its touching at all three points), and zero the readout. You can now read + values as height to .001" and minus values as depth of grooves and rabbtets. You can also read hole depth of larger holes or small holes if you make a narrow probe attachment.

                            I have one, just need to "get around to it".



                            Just thought to jog someone's mind...
                            Loring in Katy, TX USA
                            If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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