Equipment

What a mortise gauge does A mortise gauge marks two parallel lines for a mortise. Its two pins can also […]

A framing square can look straight and still throw off a layout. A small error at the heel or blade

A marking gauge earns its keep on tenons because it can carry the same shoulder line around all four faces

Why wet marking is different Rain and damp timber expose the weak points of a carpenter’s pencil quickly. A soft

Transferring a measurement around a curved edge is where an ordinary rule starts to become awkward. The problem is not

A cutting gauge scores a line parallel to an edge. Its knife severs fibres before a chisel, plane or saw

A marking knife earns its place when a pencil line is too wide or a gauge line needs to guide

Laying out a narrow door mortise is a job where a few thousandths of an inch matter. A mortise that

A tenon shoulder is easy to mark and surprisingly easy to spoil. If the line wanders, the shoulder may sit

A framing square is still one of the most useful layout tools on a timber job. It marks square cuts,