Equipment

A cutting gauge is a marking tool that scores a line with a small blade rather than drawing it with […]

On rough sawn timber, any soft carpenter’s pencil will do. On planed timber – especially planed softwood like pine or

A sliding T-bevel copies an angle; it does not measure it in degrees. That makes it useful for transferring a

Measuring from the end is quick: hook a tape or rule over an edge and mark the required distance. For

A metric folding rule is useful for joinery when you need a rigid measure that can reach across a board,

Why reach matters on wide panels Setting out a cabinet side, door blank, tabletop or sheet good gets awkward when

Why Hardwood Punishes Cheap Gauges On softwood or plywood, almost any marking gauge will leave a visible line. On hardwood

Transferring a wall’s shape to timber is straightforward once the scribe is set up to copy the right amount of

A centerline on a wide timber board is useful for laying out a joint, drilling a centered hole, or positioning

What each tool does A protractor measures an angle. A sliding bevel captures and transfers one. That distinction matters when