How to Use a Marking Gauge CORRECTLY

[@PaulWade87]

Hey, just wanted to say God bless you Sir Matt & thank you for your videos, I Subscribed & liked & am sharing with other's your videos Sir!!! Sending support Matt Sir, Sincerely, ~Paul

[@paolomaruotti]

best explanation found on internet!

[@JK-yf9sx]

What a relief! Back to the original presentation format. I have missed this quality & professionalism in the recent episodes. Hope to continue seeing your expertise Matt :)

[@kylepenman9802]

Mate, I must say that I'm loving your content! Having been a career steel fabricator, steel fixer and concrete finisher since I graduated high school I forgot how satisfying fine carpentry really is! Your passion and enthusiasm in your videos along with your wealth of knowledge is truly inspiring! If I could share photos on here I would, but I just managed to pull off making my own Veritas style marking gauge with very basic materials. As simple as it is it actually works really well!

[@jmcoller1]

Matt, I've been woodworking for 20 years, following you for just a few months. I always learn something from these videos. Great job! And thanks!

[@CMDPromptify]

I stumbled on your channel trying to trying to learn how to make finger joints without a dado stack and you have answered every single one of my questions in elaborate detail. Thank you.

[@Ivo_Serra]

Thanks again! These tutorial videos are my favourite ones. Congrats for the result, and once again, thanks for all the dedication the we all benefit from.

[@Gotmovezlikejagga]

Good to see you in the older format. Your professional and detail instructive style video is why I subscribed. Variety is nice but don't forget what built your base. Great video, much appreciated.

[@MattEstlea]

Tutorials will always be filmed this way :) It’s just the project videos that we’re changing the format

[@simonzero3815]

Your tips are just so useful and yet so obvious. I really like your approach. Thanks.

[@jimspeed1388]

Perfect timing with this tutorial as I've just got a veritas marking gauge as an early birthday present.

[@jbarriger1982]

Glad to see you picked up the clamp for your Veritas mortise marking gauge :)

[@DuncanEdwards.]

A tip a old master taught me donkey's years ago, one pass with a gauge, then put a V pointing to your line, it's easier to scrap away the marks than customers thinking you made something quaint. If you go to a museum of fine furniture, you will never see any markings. Thanks Matt for pointing out the book for modifying a gauge, I was going to say if not mentioned. I love watching youtube content in the mornings.

[@soberlivingwithbrianfrankl8254]

I'm glad to see you doing videos like this again! This is a main reason I subscribed, that and your hand tool skills. Keep up the good work

[@davidcarpenter7052]

Thank you...great information for a beginner..

[@hughatkins]

Thank you Matt! This falls under the line of stuff I need to know, but don't even know to ask. I'll never admit it (is this public?), but there are areas where I'm " unconsciously incompetent" and you knowing that this is something to teach, and how to teach it well makes you a great teacher.

[@dimatchat1335]

please make a video about accurate measurement. Great Stuff keep em coming

[@Shaun42wild]

Followed your instruction today and for the first time I got good results, thank u.

[@wlial]

A real lesson, Matt. Clear and objective! I have a Veritas and I love it!

[@Crushwokery]

Gr8 production as usual Mat, this is the kind of content I signed up for. This feels like a one to one instruction that a friend would give you in his shed and not some tool demo at Axminster. 👍

[@Chogogo717]

Learned a lot of why my layout was terrible. Thanks.

[@russellmckay8896]

Really great video sir, I like the illustration of the line differences between the pin gauge and knife. I'm seriously considering the Veritas for my miniscule collection, since watching this video, and I like the metric marking system. I'm in the limited group of Americans that prefers the metric system. It just feels easier than using fractions in the imperial system.

[@SmallWorkshopGuy]

Excellent, Mate! Appreciate your continuing to discuss the basics in addition to your builds. Keep it up.

[@gourdarchibald6588]

A professional showing us learners something so simple you wonder how you never worked it out on your own, brilliant. No excuse for a wonky line now!

[@Randalll18]

A lovely video like always. I really appreciate this basics video. Cheers from Holland

[@michael-rommel]

Very thorough explanation and very good tips at the end regarding design decisions! I will have a look at the book in your affiliate link. Thanks for those instructional videos - highly appreciated!

[@multi_misa72]

Thanks a bunch, wife just bought me a marking gauge, this was usefull.

[@frank3722]

Thank you for the great video. Love to see skill and knowledge in someone younger than me. Helps keep the trade and skill alive. Hate thinking we need computers and machines to do everything. Also love the humbling moment when you showed us you mistakes. Take character to do that and to explain how you have learned since then. My question is, can you include a video or a link on sharpening the wheel? I have not yet found one. Great work. Looking forward to viewing more on your channel.

[@l1verm0m]

Great video Matt... very useful. A suggestion for a follow up - how to sharpen the cutting edge.

[@HarlyGuy13]

I wasn’t going to watch this mainly because I’ve been so frustrated with using them. Well I guess if I’m going to use them wrong it’s going to lead me to frustration. I’m heading out to the shop to embrace my marking tools. Thanks again Matt for a very informative video.

[@SirBenJamin_]

Good stuff matt. Although what made me really enjoy this video was the sandwich I was eating at the time. Absolutely amazing! .. roast pork with stuffing, mayo, mustard mayo, pepper, salad, ... and some more mayo. It was on some posh bread bread too. ... oh and some pringles. yes! baby!

[@chrisw1147]

Really useful tips thanks Matt

[@obct537]

Great video Matt! As a nearly-almost-complete novice at this stuff, it's unbelievably helpful to have these good AND bad examples for some of the more finicky techniques like these. I'd love to see more good/bad comparisons in your tutorial videos in the future!.....Also, nice t-shirt...you and Alec should try to do a collaboration some day!

[@ruperthartop7202]

Great video Matt. Thanks

[@nonparticipant4671]

Good Vid. Don;t forget that one side of the marking gauge is for the waste side. For example, the wheel gauge waste side is towards the brass. This isn't always what you want, and why I use the mortice type with both cutting wheels available.

[@philosiBlog]

Great information, thanks. Also like the shirt, another great channel.

[@sdcofer52]

Nice presentation Matt. BTW, it always matters.

[@cryixstal]

THANK YOU!!!! I need to use this in schoola days I was so confused!!!

[@richardgoebel226]

Totally professional and possibly a bit passionate, too. I can only click on Like but this one I love.

[@Offshoreorganbuilder]

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to make this.

[@Thom4123]

Awesome information definitely picked up on things I’m doing incorrectly. Thank you for your help as always. Take Care

[@glynjowsey6904]

New to your channel Matt, love your style mate keep it up.

[@00schralf]

Thanks for these tips. They help me a lot 👍👍👍

[@SnuikfromObninsk]

Нарисовал, показал, объяснил. Всё понятно. Спасибо.

[@Pix8176]

I would love one of those Veritas Marking Gauges. Such a neat unit.

[@kingmalt]

Pix8176 treat yourself, there not that expensive. Plus it will last you a very long time! Great tool

[@Pix8176]

What do you consider not that expensive??? In the land down under mate we pay what we affectionately call the Australia 🇦🇺 tax...

[@DuncanEdwards.]

@@Pix8176 I'm sure David Stanton (on youtube) can help you

[@kingmalt]

Pix8176 it’s around £25 here in the uk, i wouldn’t say that was expensive considering it will probably last you a life time. I apologise if i offended you!

[@Pix8176]

king malt no offence taken mate all good. I just did the conversion and that would make around $45... I had a look on the Carbatec website that is recommended by Davis Stanton and they at priced at $78.

[@jeremymoskaluk5444]

Much love, as always, Matt! Great info, Keep up the great work.

[@chrisjtm666]

I was lucky to have lessons from Robert Ingham many years ago. Such a gentlemen and one of the best craftsmen I've had the pleasure of meeting. His brother George was also a brilliant craftsmen and artist sadly not with us anymore.

[@brucemartin5510]

Great info!

[@a0flj0]

Absolutely found this video useful. Also, I disagree that learning to use tools properly is not that important if you are not into fine cabinetry only. You may not need to do things of that finesse all the time, but there's always one tiny detail where you do need to work at a very fine level of detail. For these 5%, or maybe even 1% of the situations, the knowledge you transmitted is absolutely useful. Plus, some ambitious DIY-ers like to build their tools themselves. Without such knowledge, their tools are going to be rubbish. With it, some, who are also into metal working, build marvels that no industrial product can match (simply because it would cost too much).

[@OlivierVerdier]

Thanks Matt for this thourrough walk through. Don't forget the caps on your less !!! Will I meek you at Makers Central ?

[@billcoley8520]

What is a good medium priced dove tail saw?

[@ammomug5843]

Good vid great energy 👌

[@donesry2902]

Thanks for the videos. I ordered the marking gauge from your link. I hope you make a fortune, but not so much money that you stop making videos

[@raysmith1992]

A useful video with good a good tutorial and back to the old format

[@rjamsbury1]

Lots of good tips , thanks Matt. In my very limited experience, I find myself pulling and pushing - mainly because I tend to slop away from straight as I approach a corner/edge, so I work from each side towards the middle. Dunno if that's bad practice...

[@DuncanEdwards.]

If it works for you and you are getting straight lines, go for it

[@reaper060670]

Brilliant video my friend. It's 02:18 in the morning and I'm up for work in a few hours but I love this kind of video so much that I had to catch up on some of ur content again. I'm only beginning out o my woodworking journey. I built a shitty bench yesterday which I will use to actually build my proper workbench over the next 6 weeks or so. I'm new to all of this so I want to take my time and build it correctly. I need to get myself one of these marking gauges now so I will be able to mark clearly and effectively moving forward. I really need to buy some woodworking books as well Matt. Could u give ne the name of a few books that might help me along my journey? What do u think of a guy like Paul Sellers? I like how he goes about his work but he may be too Old School for a lot of people nowadays. I just enjoy how he works it all out and speaks at length on the processes within woodworking. He takes the time to engage with us and that why I really enjoyed this video. Too many people on here have this 4/5min videos where it runs at high speed through the process and it's just too hard for the beginner to grasp any of the concept. I heard u say something about ur students? So u teach woodworking? Good on ya Matt. I would love to go to school but I have the full time job which eats into my time all week but I'm going to look into some evening classes if I can find them. I love working with wood but I really want to learn the basic of being able to cut and mark out the 90 degree angle on my pieces. Having the wherewithall to get a large sheet of Plywood and having 2 straight edges to work from to begin with. I'm not exactly sure how I do that atm. I keep making the same errors when cutting with my handsaw. I moves off the line and I lose the straight edge. I really want to do everything by hand in the end but I also understand the good side of using some power tools like a jointer/planer/thicknesser and also having the use of a really nice table saw when needs be. My apologies for the length of my comment Matt. I just went off on a tangent there too.. LOL. Hope ur channel keeps growing and becomes a massive success for u mate. Keep up the brilliant work on here and I hope to buy me one of these marking gauges soon and I will swing by to use ur affiliate link too btw when I get round to doing it.

[@answeris4217]

There are things you can do with the flush marking gauge that make it better. Like putting you stock flat on the workbench and referencing the tickness of you stock by letting the disk fall. It's not just having the disk cutter it's that flush to the end that makes it that much more accurate and quick

[@EscapeMCP]

So I just need to put marking gauge lines on my router-cut dovetails and I can charge double for my work. Useful tip - thanks Matt!

[@MattEstlea]

Now this is a businessman!

[@MikeBramm]

It helps to vary the sizes of the pins and sockets so that it doesn't look like they were cut with a jig. Also, take a chisel to the edge of a couple of cuts and make them just a hair wider than they should be, like you messed up when you cut them. It all adds to the realism. 😉

[@SteveZodiac777]

Thanks Matt - I'm starting to realise how much I don't know!

[@MrDandaman137]

how old are you and how did you learn so much? hahaha! I love watching you on your videos, you inspired me to a lot of things "carpentry" and I thank you for that. You seem like a very well seasoned finish carpenter and I see that in your videos. I really enjoy watching your ability to mingle with both, the subject and the camera, you do just perfect! Keep up the good work and keep feeding us good information, as we're all learning from you, thanx!

[@20thCenturyPox]

Great video as always, Matt. Using a Veritas mortice gauge myself, very happy with it... Link seems to be to a different book. Robert Ingham's book appears to be out of print (second-hand 200 quid!)

[@EquilibriaHealth]

Great tips Matt as always. Thank you.

[@danielrichardson6338]

Thanks good advice, it's reassuring to know using a marking gauge is not as straightforward was it first appearance. Hopefully those it's will help

[@YegresAL]

There's one more usage for marking gauges - cutting thick veneer or glued together several sheets of veneer. I've done that when I needed thin stripes for purfling - when you need stripe 3 mm in height, 1.5 mm in width and quite wobble main piece cutting gauge will save your time and material.

[@geowhiz1]

I really like my vintage Stanley 90 marking gauges. Can you suggest a way to change the points as my two gauges have very worn points. Thanks!

[@russking63]

What do you recommend to scribe a line parallel to (equidistant from) an s-curved edge? Compass? Dividers? Do they make a skinny marking gauge with a roller or something? - - - Thanks in advance.

[@kestekrafts1580]

Hi, I am a less experienced woodworker and I appreciate your work and learn a lot from you, however I want to point out my understanding of the subject, you were talking about getting rid of the marking gauge line, I was taught in carpentry school in Israel to only mark the inside face of the dovetail, this way it remains against the inner corner and will be invisible regardless, unless its a mistake I'm curious why it's important to mark the outside face?

[@Cdaprod]

Thank you

[@bondfrenchbond]

Matt! I'm making a wedding card box tomorrow and I need to know your dimensions for that box! It's the perfect size! Please let me know ASAP! You're the best!!!

[@kuzmanmarinov2832]

May be the tips about the marking gauges are more useful for the most viewers but I was more exited from the philosophy in the end of that video.

[@marksexton1340]

So I'm curious, I just bought a cutting gauge recently, (I wish I had seen your video first), but I'm struggling with using it to get the thickness of the wood in relation to the cutting blade... I wish I had gotten the round one...

[@raol635]

Min 7:01 that's me using the marking gauge for the 1st time hahahaha 😆 🤣

[@Kikilang60]

Mathew, you are the first person that I noticed that people have personal style in how they wood work. I've notice your dove tails look different then how a machine cuts them. A machine generally has an orderly, uniform set of dove tails like teeth. Also, generally, machines have dove tails running up the whole length of box, each evenly space. That's not bad, but once you know that's how a machine cuts dove tails, it becomes a glaring obvious a machine cut those dove tails. At the 18:00 spot you put a box on the table, and I can tell that's how you specifically cut dove tails. Does it matter? No, but it does like nice. A machine cut dove tail just looks functional, and ugly. Your dove tails look nice, and a person enjoys seeing the craftmanship. Once person masters a dove tail, their are types of dove tails no machine could ever make.

[@Jeff034]

The more I watch the more I learn. Thanks! But Cutting Edge Cabinetmaking on Amazon is USD $890-00!!!! I get a couple of hundred for a really good book, but just shy of $1000 is a bit much!

[@briancarroll6803]

If you haven't checked lately, it's $65 now if you're still interested

[@micahhowell4432]

I just got my first "real" marking gauge so no more old, cheap hobby knife for me! I got the Veritas with micro adjustment. Do you allow the cutting edge to essentially... "drag" across the surface by holding the marking gauge tight or do you allow the marking gauge to roll in your hand so the cutting wheel is kind of cutting like a pizza cutter? Yes. I am that much of a hand tool newbie lol

[@jonathancliff7079]

Are there any other books similar to the one by Robert Ingham that you could recommend please? This one seems to be selling for £100-200

[@DaCake2]

Why don't any of these marking gauges have a ruler on them? The only one I found that had that was the onetime tool marking gauge by woodpecker, but they stopped making it. Do you know of any that do? Thanks.

[@SkipHatchel]

If you're still looking the Igaging Wheel Marking + Mortise Gauge, from Chipsfly.com is a nice option.

[@DaCake2]

@@SkipHatchel Thanks for that. I actually ended up eventually finding one on amazon that is pretty decent. Again, thanks for the reply though.

[@soledude]

👌👌👌

[@dylancats8045]

Heck a 21 minute video on marking gauges... didn't know there was that much about them

[@Wheel333]

🙏❤️🙏

[@johnleonard5857]

Loved the video. Excellent job explaining this tool. I swear I was going to buy the book but they are charging almost $900 so, NO.

[@negotiableaffections]

My woodwork teacher (1972-74) always said, push gauge not pull. One clean line, not lots of lines especialy if using a pencil instead of a gauge. I don't think he would have approved of leaving marks at all.

[@dragonpjb]

That book is $300 dollars. I can't imagine what it could say that would be worth that much money!

[@billcoley8520]

I call you a young punk when I’m sitting here watching your videos. I don’t mean anything serious because I’m just a jealous 62 year old man. How you learned all this stuff I’ll never know. I’m guessing you are 20 at most.

[@pierdolio]

Marking gauges are indeed dangerous, yet another tool commonly found in the shop is the chisel. Chisels are incredibly dangerous and perhaps should be ...

[@marknkatz]

This old fellow doesn't need an expensive mortise gauge. Look starting at 1:23 of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXy4eXecnpWMmKc

[@clydedecker765]

Matt, you mention Robert Ingham's "Cutting Edge Cabinetmaking" book but not a link. Anyone who reads this comment can use his name for his only book. Matt's only link leads to a remarkably good "bible" called "Collins Complete Woodworker's Manual". I'm sure Matt will make a little mod to his stuff to update you.

[@MattEstlea]

Cheers for letting me know Clyde! Just got it updated :)

[@andrewwilliams4801]

Nice presentation but it would be helpful to show the finer details of adjusting each type of gauge.

[@oscar38]

Don't worry Matt, there's absolutely no need for me to leave marking lines so people can see I've hand cut my dovetails rather machine/jig. It's patently obvious.

[@nelsonwhite6980]

Why don't you show how to sharpen the marking gauge??

[@jakecivis7402]

So from now on when using router use marking gauge to add line to make it seem like it was cut by hand. Bam price bump

[@wolverinebear5357]

Dont waist your time buying the cheap ones that have the screw holding the blade that sits proud of the blade

[@Estereos]

your pins are wrong shape. they must be sharpen like miniature chisels with pointy side towards the gauge base. This way it is not a point but more like a micro knife and what is most important it can be set to zero distance.

[@BSpinoza210]

Hold up, are you related to gordon ramsay?

[@negotiableaffections]

I thought gauges were for woodworkers to perform Anna Kendrick's - Cups/When I'm Gone song, on the bench with their handle.

[@negotiableaffections]

p.s. 7:43 is that camel-thumb?

[@glennsiegel60]

lol Matt, stick two fingers what???

[@I_heart_CarmelAkple]

Hi maam, im paying attention, not making bracelets

[@Ashe_Fenrir]

Instructions unclear. Fingers stuck.

[@909sickle]

"How to Use a Marking Gauge CORRECTLY" 21 minutes Secretary, please cancel my next appointment

[@MattEstlea]

Hahahaha!

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Buu huu Axminster do not deliver to Denmark.

[@DuncanEdwards.]

They are not the only one's my friend who sell what you need

[@kennethnielsen3864]

@@DuncanEdwards. I know, but if I want to support Matt in the proces i need to use his link. So my comment was to let Matt know that he might be missing out, and need a little chat with his sponser.

[@DuncanEdwards.]

@@kennethnielsen3864 Buy a plan instead or use patreon, I'm sure Matt appreciates your help

[@petercapon9878]

Cutting edge Cabinetmaking Paperback astropriced