Also called a scratch gauge, a marking gauge is used in woodworking and metalworking to mark out lines for cutting or other operations, scribing a line parallel to a reference edge or surface for use in joinery and sheet-metal work. It is built from a beam, a headstock that slides along the beam and locks in place by a screw, cam lever or wedge, and a marking implement, typically a pin, knife, pen or wheel, fixed to one end of the beam.
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OriginA marking gauge, also called a scratch gauge, scribes a line parallel to a reference edge or surface for woodworking and metalworking joinery and sheet-metal work, using a beam, a headstock that slides along the beam and locks in place, and a scribing implement such as a pin, knife, pen or wheel fixed to the beam end. 1 Connections
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Marking Gauge is used in Woodworking.
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The purpose of the gauge is to scribe a line parallel to a reference edge or surface.
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The marking gauge is used to mark lines parallel to the sides, edges, or ends of a board.
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When was the marking gauge introduced as a tool?
The standard reference consulted for this entity describes how the marking gauge is constructed and its variations but names no date or era for when the tool was introduced.
What would resolve this A woodworking-tool history source naming when the marking gauge was first documented, or its approximate century of origin.
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