Homemade Marking Gauge - Scrapwood Challenge ep22

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[@SparrowStockwell]

That is a fine-looking marking gauge, and it has the advantage of being something you know you made yourself-better than one you could buy.

[@neilspurr7149]

Hi its Neil just watched you make gauge scrap wood challenge 22 what a great gauge just a trick I use when gnarling a bolt for a bolt I place the threaded part in a hole of scrap of wood so the wood rides on the vice jaws when you hit the file thus keeping it straight..

[@clappercl]

Your creativity truely knows no bounds....

[@ddm3125]

BRILLIANT knurling method!

[@frankthornal9489]

Outstanding work. I've needed a marking gauge for some time now. This one is easy enough. Bobby Fields answered the only question I had. By dropping the steel ball in first then the put the bolt in, to keep from making divots in the steel Ruler. Good idea Bobby.

[@beastman2513]

Its awesome to watch you make your own tools, and jigs and stuff.

[@marcsenteney3160]

Very nice build sir! I really liked how you used the ruler as a backing and to measure. Well done sir!

[@JeepTherapy]

I’ve watched quite a few diy marking gauge videos. I like this one the most.

[@dnngskn62]

Really nice video. Have made some of these in this fashion. Big thumbs up.

[@billbaggins]

excellent Neil. love the knurling trick 👍

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks Bill - a bit crude but works! :)

[@TheMijman]

@@PaskMakes It may be a bit crude. But it's got a pretty cool look to it, and very ingenious! Where did the technique come from? Just thought it up?

[@MarkMcCluney]

bill baggins agreed, never saw that one before but I'll have to try it!

[@ElvisKnucklehead]

My ex has horses, I need to ask her if she has any used farrier files laying around.

[@chaplainand1]

Greetings I appreciate your videos - quality, demonstrated skill, innovation, creativity, and no background soundtrack. I will watch this a couple more times and make a similar marking gauge. I don't have access to thread making tools at this point, so will likely add some form of wedge lock. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.

[@nicoxstyle]

Not only a great project but also great ideas that are useful for tons of other projects

[@neilrobertgrayson]

From one Neil to another. Excellent. Truly excellent.

[@jameshanoomansing1442]

excellent work....happy new year from Mauritius

[@davidgagnon1961]

That looked easy enough to make. I need a few of these. Will give it a try. Thanks.

[@baladar1353]

That knurling was awesome! Some factory-made bolts are threaded the exact same way, except they slide the threading tool, not hitting with a mallet. But, it's still a good idea for those who don't have a lathe.

[@vincentbrun]

Nice construction as usual, thanks for your work from France!

[@ristopekkanen9020]

it is pretty, especially those locking screws.

[@TheIdeasGuy]

Absolutely love this video. I’ve been wanting to buy a marking gauge for a long time now, but now you’ve inspired me! I have a bad habit of forgetting that many tools can be built at home by anyone with skills and patience! Very well done mate. Excellent video.

[@Roots-Of-Knowledge]

i would of put the ruler on the top facing up too, so to have another small measuring option.. another scrap wood challenge for you mate :) backgammon board.. its challenging to have 2 colors on the inside of the board and to build the round parts.. marry Christmas to you and your beautiful family :)) thanx for sharing

[@909sickle]

very comprehensive design. like the ruler

[@CitizenAyellowblue]

Love the knurled screw! Better than shop bought.

[@madclouds]

Wow Neil! What an awesome tool you’ve made! Such high quality! Good work bud.

[@timberdish]

That was really cool! I have to say that the knurling technique was absolutely inspired! Flawed or not, it got the job done and I love it!! :D

[@BruceAUlrich]

Another great tool and video, Neil! Thanks for sharing!

[@FishersShop]

Love that knurling technique. Never seen anything like that before, that was great. Thanks for the vid, Neil!

[@bobbyfields3515]

one small comment If you would drop a small lead ball under the bolt on the guage you would not mess up the steel rule and it would still get tight. I like your work. I also make most things out oif scrap.

[@PaskMakes]

That's a great idea Bobby - I'll try it! Thanks! :)

[@Aubreykun]

You could also try a button of rubber, copper, brass, or a blob of hot glue (the rubbery, grippy kind) on the end of the bolt.

[@papalouie5187]

I made a few of these a few years ago and epoxied a piece of flattened copper pipe on the end of the bolts.

[@rouge5140]

thanks for the tip!

[@rouge5140]

@@Aubreykun i don't think that's a good idea, it would be able to jiggle a bit if the beam isn't zero-clearance.

[@mkngjoy]

one of my favorite scrapwood challenges yet - love all the little tips and tricks with the custom stainless bolts, how to do knurling by hand, the ruler ... all great tips, and a great video to boot!

[@StudioJLT]

Love the knurling bit.

[@woodstoney]

Nice work! Would certainly make for a nice gift for a fellow woodworker! I enjoyed your creative touches of the knurled set screw ends.

[@DaveJHarry]

Until now I was considering buying one. This looks WAY better, if I can match your build quality. Great tip on the knurled knobs, but I'm not game. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@petejandrell4512]

Very classy design and finish. Thank you Pask

[@PaskMakes]

Glad you liked it Pete! :)

[@leoiii8078]

The "scrap wood challenge" chorus at the beginning of the video is so addictive. Best regards from Argentina.

[@limnificant]

I'll just be going about my day and suddenly it pops in my head.

[@jerrystark6766]

An interesting approach to making a cool and useful tool. Thanks!

[@MRrwmac]

The changes you made while fabricating the marking gauge made it even better! Best wishes for a great year in 2019!

[@griffinhowell8374]

Amazing marking gauge and video, Neil! Thanks for sharing.

[@PaskMakes]

Thanks very much Griffin - glad you liked it! :)

[@TheUncleRuckus]

Great instructional with easy to follow directions. Definitely going to have to give making one of these a try. Love the channel 👍👍

[@dewalt2211]

Hello, thank you for your illustrative videos, that a lot helps us for people who are starting in the woodwork or that as I am a fanatic or we have this beautiful hobby, regards from Veracruz, Mexico.

[@LostWhits]

Next week a morticing gauge. Seriously nice looking cutting gauge though. And an extra video before the end of the year? That's a win in my book.

[@MrDachimas]

ScrapwoodChallenge is genuinely my favourite series on KZbin, so creative but practical, absolutely love it!! (My 100% favourite episode is the plane shaving light shade!!)

[@hansdegroot8549]

Great build. Thanks for sharing. Building yourself the things you need is the way to go.

[@christopheleblanc9175]

cool bolt hack , i can see using this in future projects tks,

[@scotthaddad563]

Wow! Bamboo skewers, that’s ancient technology in the 21st century. Outstanding build!

[@HWoodCreations]

Diggin' the bolt man. Pretty neat trick and the gauge turned out great. Well done.

[@FranksDIY]

Very nice job Buddy. I really need to make one myself

[@law-ofohms7815]

I love the ingenuity of how the knurled screw was made. well done

[@choremunder]

Happy new year! Nice work

[@thomasdoherty6876]

Really impressed with the knurling technique 👍

[@FabioRaitz]

One more amazing well crafted and simple piece. I like your channel because of those things, simple, well engineered and useful builds.

[@danstark3341]

That is so cool. Ok, I am pretty new with tools and woodworking. So I get excited about small things, lol. I am sure that this is a regular tool, but I haven't seen one before.

[@Mr_Rick]

Excellent Neil. Just excellent!!

[@Crewsy]

Amazing little project. Would never have thought that regular aviation snips would cut a saw blade. Most of the saw blade may not be heat tempered but using snips takes out the guesswork. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@crouchvalewoodcraft]

Great video and love the outcome of the project. That's much better made than my shop bought version. Nice one!

[@ookami112]

thats what a proper tool looks like ! Great job mate

[@RandallLakedogpix]

I pick good tips up from you every time. Thanks!

[@PaskMakes]

That's great to hear Randall! :)

[@negotiableaffections]

A thing of beauty - lovely build.

[@Woodden]

It's always so much fun making your own tools. Very cool.

[@SMee67]

Love this recycling, mate 👍 I bought a handful of cheap 6in rulers from eBay for different areas of the shop, was going to glue one down permanently, so cleaned it first and wiped the numbers right of, warm soapy water! Get what you pay for, aye...🤔

[@totoffe6234]

Vous êtes un champion le coup de la vis avec la lime il fallait y penser Gooooooooooooddddd

[@bascostbudde7614]

Interesting combination of hand and power tools!

[@jerrywhidby.]

I would have loved to have seen the knurling up close. Very creative idea.

[@StamosTee]

Awesome project! Loved the repurpose of the ruler leftovers!

[@MrTylerNinja]

I love your knurled screw

[@akquicksilver]

Great build, very nice gauge!

[@sumosprojects]

You are a genius mate & very entertaining, hope your having a lovely festive season Neil 🔨👍👍👍👍

[@thomasarussellsr]

Fairly simple project, but quite nicely done. Saved to my future tool builds list. Thanks for sharing.

[@dleivam]

Brilliant.. you never cease to amaze me.

[@ratroddiesels1981]

we enjoyed your programme . thank you.

[@athenarocar]

Love the smaller projects, but would love to see something larger like a table or stand. You seem to have a lot of scrap wood to do it. I like the layered look of the wood, adds more character.

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

Always coming up with workable projects, nice one Neil, happy Christmas to you and your family mate. 👍🏼🎅🏼😊

[@PaskMakes]

Merry Christmas to you too Marc! :)

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

Cheers my friend. 👍🏼😊

[@RiaanOliver]

That was brilliant mate. Always a pleasure watching your videos.

[@a.g.silverbane6335]

I might make one. It would sure be handy.

[@submarine.7seas]

I love you intro. I saw your video and I started singing it. Videos are not bad either. Thank you.

[@ruatarengsicolneyrengsi8924]

Terrific job. Thanks for sharing.

[@billy19461]

Some people's brains just don't work like most people's and I am afraid that you are one of "those" people. I sure wish that I was one. Love to watch your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@isavedtheuniverse]

My favorite scrapwood challenges are ones like this, where you don't cut up the wood and glue it up into a big panel as the first step. I mean, they are all awesome, but these are my favorites, where it truly embraces being scrap wood. Like it would be possible to go to my firewood pile and grab one or two pieces and do the same thing as you (if I was less lazy and more practiced of course...)

[@ahmetcomlekcioglu2671]

Very nice build!! Congrats

[@fouroakfarm]

Nice guage! Could stick a small bit of brass beneath the lock screw so it won't mar the ruler

[@Aubreykun]

I think this is probably the only camphor laurel marking gauge in existence, but will probably inspire duplicates of different woods. Merry christmas!

[@Zogg1281]

Ok, it sounds daft to say it out loud, but I wanted a really nice marking gauge for ages but I never thought of just making one........ D'oh!! That looks really professional and like it would have cost you quite a bit to buy it. Really nicely done 😊

[@garydelder]

One of the better ones that I have seen. Great job, nice video. Thanks

[@Dingbat217]

That's a great idea to use bolts as finger screws after grinding the round and then knurling them with a file and a bench vise! :-) Thanks for it.

[@scottd4563]

"Hopefully I enjoyed it".., that was great. Very creative . Thanks!

[@whitedoggarage]

Neil, love that make do attitude to getting the result, well done mate, thanks for another great video.

[@stephenater9687]

Always at least one great idea/solution in every vid. Thank you!!

[@LilacFamiliaris]

That design is pretty nifty! I prefer when you mark things up just by holding a pencil in your hand and somehow keeping a consistent width though, it's like witchcraft every time.

[@WitchDr86]

Here I was expecting to have to wait till 2019 for another vid. That "crude" knurling trick just got added to my bag, Thabks for that Neil. Hope you and your family have a Happy New Year mate.

[@fallenhunter7384]

nice take on a classic project, this is one of the things I need to make for myself.. I will be refering to your video when I find time to do so. Keep up the great work and videos!

[@paulbuckeljr8870]

Wow! Scrapwood or not, that was really cool!

[@msurveys09]

Good video. Well done. But, if you turn the cutter around (bevel in) the cutter will puul the fence in toward the edge of the material being marked.

[@whatevernamegoeshere3644]

That knurling was fucking brilliant. I love you man

[@dennisbinyon9023]

gday mate if you put some CA down in the threads of the freshly tapped timber i’ve found it hardens the thread quite well and doesn’t wear out. have been asked what CA is Cyanoacrylate glue, or CA for short, is commonly known by trade names such as Super Glue and Krazy Glue.

[@ШамильАбдуллаев-ы4б]

would be interested to know what is CA mean

[@hassanal-mosawi6049]

Thanks for showing how & sharing that

[@LuisEnriqueChaveroBchaverin]

Es una Belleza de Gramil , felicitaciones amigo desde Venezuela !!!!

[@rootvalue]

Holy shit that DIY knurling is badass!!!

[@EYALAVRAHAMI]

Hopefully?! haven't seen one i didn't enjoy from you 'till now. just beautiful, as always.

[@MarkMiller-zm2th]

Mate, that’s special. Well done.

[@gabrielneto1156]

Im watching this video again to make myself a marking gouge, for the blade holder im thinking to make the blade in a tapered shape and make a small role with a small drill bit, cut a line with a copping saw and fit the blade from the bottom.. think it should stay in place...

[@paveloleynikov4715]

Extremely well-done instrument. One side note - aligment screw thread looks like it more metal-suited, is wood wear-resistant enought? Maybe it was better to glue a nut inside?

[@maxximumb]

Really nice project.