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An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:12 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
I wanted to share my find with you guys. I bought these at Woodcraft for around $35. I used them yesterday for the first time when thicknessing sides for the guitar I started. They work great! You can set them for mm, decimal or inches.
I have a dial indicator and tried making my own gauge, but these work fine, and are plenty precise enough for what we are doing.
Kevin
Re: An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:04 pm
by deadedith
Thanks Kevin, I wondered about those, though of course I'd prefer to spend over a hundred bucks for a Lee Valley set. Not. :-)
Re: An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:27 am
by Kevin Sjostrand
You guys are killing me. Only one response to this fabulously informative, value saving post??
Come on guys, I figured you would be tripping over each other to get more information from me about how this thing works.
:>)
Kevin
Re: An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:54 am
by Ben-Had
It looks painful to me! Why not just use rubber gloves?
Re: An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:57 am
by Ken Hundley
So they outlaw those things in maternity wards and they show up in woodshops?
Re: An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 9:57 am
by Kevin Sjostrand
Okay, make fun if you must, but I saved a whole lot money, works I'm sure just as good as the $150 unit the suppliers are selling.
I guess I will just have to smile to myself everytime I use it and treat myself to a Wendy's frosty with the money I saved.
Kevin
Re: An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:03 am
by Tony_in_NYC
Actually, it is an excellent tool and I thank you for posting it Kevin. I think I will pick one of these up to double check the thickness of boards I run through my drum sander. And then I too will buy a Frosty, or something else, with the money I saved.
Tony
Re: An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:37 am
by Ben-Had
Tony_in_NYC wrote:Actually, it is an excellent tool and I thank you for posting it Kevin. I think I will pick one of these up to double check the thickness of boards I run through my drum sander. And then I too will buy a Frosty, or something else, with the money I saved.
Tony
I agree, hope you know Kevin we were just joshing (whatever that means) you. I'm all for saving money on tools and jigs and that was a good find.
Re: An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 1:14 pm
by Kevin Sjostrand
Of course of course.
I just used my $150 Ryobi drum sander and thicknessed the back of my present walnut OM build, and checked the thickness with my wonderful $32 digital outside calipers.....ah, life is good!
Kevin
Re: An inexpensive alternative thickness gauge.
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:46 pm
by Ben-Had
I was able to purchase a Performax 16-32 off craigslist recently for $375. I was just ready to order a Grizzly 10-20 the new one, for the same price. Life is good with cheapy tools (good ones that is).
edit: dang typos