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  • kramer katt
    Established Member
    • Aug 2004
    • 375
    • SO CAL, USA
    • BT3100 and Craftsman 100

    #1

    shop made height gauge

    credit to ShopNotes and Woodsmith
    clever reuse of one of the cheap plastic HF digital calipers. I believe under $10 when on sale
    or maybe you already have a broken one!

    http://www.woodworkingtips.com/etips/2008/06/19/sn/
    Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler
    --Albert Einstein
  • gad5264
    Veteran Member
    • Aug 2005
    • 1407
    • Columbus, Ohio, USA
    • BT3000/BT3100NIB

    #2
    Thanks for the link
    Grant
    "GO Buckeyes"

    My projects: http://community.webshots.com/user/gad5264

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    • niki
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2006
      • 566
      • Poland
      • EB PK255

      #3
      Too much work for me...

      5 minutes...and it does the same....unless, one loves it "kuchi-muchi"

      Regards
      niki

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      • kramer katt
        Established Member
        • Aug 2004
        • 375
        • SO CAL, USA
        • BT3100 and Craftsman 100

        #4
        caliper $6.99

        forgot this coupon was out there good til 6/22



        http://www.harborfreightusa.com/html...a_cpnsave.html
        Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler
        --Albert Einstein

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        • LCHIEN
          Super Moderator
          • Dec 2002
          • 22034
          • Katy, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 vintage 1999

          #5
          made a few myself

          http://www.bt3central.com/showthread...t=height+gauge
          Loring in Katy, TX USA
          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
          BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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          • cabinetman
            Gone but not Forgotten RIP
            • Jun 2006
            • 15216
            • So. Florida
            • Delta

            #6
            That's a pretty nifty way to set up a gauge. I don't go to that extent or need that much accuracy. As for depth measurement I use this type of gauge. I don't get into measuring in the thousandths. I may use a combination square or a tape or steel measure for height of the blade.

            For cutting tenons, or shoulders, there's a line marked or knife marked to cut to. No need to measure for that. If I can get to 1/64", and possibly split the line, that's as close as I need to get.
            .

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            • kramer katt
              Established Member
              • Aug 2004
              • 375
              • SO CAL, USA
              • BT3100 and Craftsman 100

              #7
              Loring,
              yours certainly have several advantages over this one. Two I see right away are the fact you can take the dial gauge off to use for other purposed and also the end of a caliper bar is not really meant to be a measure point.
              I am not sure why they call for the gauge to be glued into the arch of plywood.
              Seems it would stop you from changing the battery for one thing
              Do you purchase or make the different end caps for your dial gauge?
              Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler
              --Albert Einstein

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              • Pappy
                The Full Monte
                • Dec 2002
                • 10490
                • San Marcos, TX, USA.
                • BT3000 (x2)

                #8
                Another version, from Shopnotes (I think)...

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                Don, aka Pappy,

                Wise men talk because they have something to say,
                Fools because they have to say something.
                Plato

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                • LCHIEN
                  Super Moderator
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 22034
                  • Katy, TX, USA.
                  • BT3000 vintage 1999

                  #9
                  Originally posted by kramer katt
                  Loring,
                  yours certainly have several advantages over this one. Two I see right away are the fact you can take the dial gauge off to use for other purposed and also the end of a caliper bar is not really meant to be a measure point.
                  I am not sure why they call for the gauge to be glued into the arch of plywood.
                  Seems it would stop you from changing the battery for one thing
                  Do you purchase or make the different end caps for your dial gauge?
                  yeah, its a requirement to me to have a flat contact on the end of the dial gauge if you are measuring the cut height of blades an bits since putting the usually supplied roound end against a point is very difficult.

                  I describe where you can buy or how to make your own in an article... PM me with your e-mail adress and i'll send it to you.

                  as for attaching the gauge, I have a split in the ring around the gauge that can be tightened with a screw hole threaded on one side of the split.
                  Loring in Katy, TX USA
                  If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
                  BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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