Layout, Measuring, and Marking Tools
Get the most out of your layout, measuring, and marking tools in your woodworking shop. Find out tips and tricks for using tape measures, steel rules, squares, marking gauges, and marking knives.
These super-accurate layout helpers earned a permanent place in the WOOD® magazine shop.
Sometimes close enough is close enough. But when precision matters, turn to calipers.
Craftsmanship at a glance.
Craftsmen made them just for kicks.
Wixey recently introduced the WR2000 Digital Height Gauge, which allows you to dial in tablesaw-blade and router-bit heights to within 0.001 of an inch.
One of the most important woodworking tools you should own is a dead-on-accurate steel rule.
This tablesaw dust-collector hood is effective as well as convenient. The big window lets you see your cut at all times, and neither the hood nor its support will impede your sawing.
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Filling the need for a tiny bit
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