Joseph Marples Pin Marking Gauge - Premium Beechwood Half Round Head Woodworking Tool (Model 105859) - Perfect for Carpentry, Joinery & DIY Wood Projects

Joseph Marples is one of the best-known Sheffield based tool makers and has been manufacturing joiners tools, such as bevel gauges, marking/cutting gauges and squares since the 1840s. The business has remained in the family to this day and continues to be based in Sheffield, England and managed by Tony a 6^th generation Marples. Although modern technology is now utilized for many operations, many of the traditions of manufacturing fine hand tools have remained the same using selected materials and hand finishing. The same threads used in their marking gauges today were those used over 100 years ago.

This Marking Gauge is used for marking fine lines parallel to the edge of a workpiece with grain

Cutter: hardened steel pin 

Size of head: 2-3/16” wide x 2-1/2” tall x 1-1/8” thick

Size of beam: crowned beam, 11/16” x 11/16”, unfinished 

Marking capacity: 6-1/8”

Wood: best quality plantation grown European beech  

Head: half round, unfinished

Locking mechanism: plastic thumb screw

WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm -