Must-Have Marking & Measuring Tools

Basic Tools

Your shop may be filled with the finest cutting and shaping tools money can buy, but if you don't measure and mark precisely, your project parts will fit like a cheap suit. Perhaps that's why woodworking catalogs offer page after page of products promising to make you a more accurate woodworker. To help you sort it all out, here are the marking and measuring tools we find essential, plus some that are just darned useful. (Sources for tools not specifically sourced will be shown on last slide.)

grandpa1791265 says:

Where do I find the folding rule with pull out on it My father had one for years but its long gone

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grandpa1791265 wrote:

Where do I find the folding rule with pull out on it My father had one for years but its long gone

2/26/2010 09:27:39 AM Report Abuse

The Unstopppable Drew wrote:

My most used measuring tool is a 4" precision double square from Lee Valley. I use it to set bit & blade heights, mark & measure things, check thickness while planing & more.

2/25/2010 02:02:15 PM Report Abuse

philfaden wrote:

The tools in the photo are exactly what every woodworker needs. However, I also keep a very sharp marking knife handy instead of a pencil - it makes a much thinner mark than even 5mm leads, and has an uncanny accuracy.

2/20/2010 05:39:51 PM Report Abuse

harrywas72 wrote:

How true on cheap tools, Harry

2/18/2010 10:26:59 AM Report Abuse