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  • LCHIEN
    Internet Fact Checker
    • Dec 2002
    • 21121
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    Rocker/ IGaging Multigage

    I had made something very like this some time back using the guts of a digital caliper. The have some bevels on the base apparently to make the corner measurement illustrated here:



    I'm trying to figure out what the heck you would ever want to make this measurement for? Any ideas?
    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
  • Tom Slick
    Veteran Member
    • May 2005
    • 2913
    • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
    • sears BT3 clone

    #2
    Just because you could!
    Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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

      #3
      Originally posted by LCHIEN
      I had made something very like this some time back using the guts of a digital caliper. The have some bevels on the base apparently to make the corner measurement illustrated here:



      I'm trying to figure out what the heck you would ever want to make this measurement for? Any ideas?
      If you made one what were you going to use it for?

      .

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      • Dal300
        Banned
        • Aug 2011
        • 261
        • East Central Texas
        • Ryobi BT3100

        #4
        It's for checking how far out of plumb the wall is to the floor.

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        • LCHIEN
          Internet Fact Checker
          • Dec 2002
          • 21121
          • Katy, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 vintage 1999

          #5
          Originally posted by cabinetman
          If you made one what were you going to use it for?

          .
          I think they copied mine.
          I use mine for setting router height & dado or TS blade height, measuring dado depth, height of items.



          More of my height gauges:
          http://www.bt3central.com/showthread...t=height+gauge
          Last edited by LCHIEN; 02-06-2012, 11:05 AM.
          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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