Brendon

**Brendon** · Jul 10, 2015, 06:01 PM

Here is a brass & Amazon Rosewood cutting gauge designed for cutting crisp baselines for dovetails.

**Altair** · Jul 12, 2015, 05:05 PM

That is gauge is gorgeous. Well done.

Al

**Brendon** · Jul 13, 2015, 12:34 AM

Hi Al,
Thanks for your kind comment.
Brendon

**Leprechaun** · Jul 14, 2015, 08:34 PM

Oh my! I'm sure if I had one of those, my dovetails would be much nicer. (I would still mark them with the angle gauge and knife, but having such a beautiful gauge in a prominent place in my shop would be inspirational!)

**DIYer** · Jul 14, 2015, 09:39 PM

Beautifully done! Great job!

**Brendon** · Jul 15, 2015, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by Leprechaun

Oh my! I'm sure if I had one of those, my dovetails would be much nicer. (I would still mark them with the angle gauge and knife, but having such a beautiful gauge in a prominent place in my shop would be inspirational!)

Yes, I use a dovetail marker & knife as well to mark the angles. My gauge cuts the baseline and is extremely useful as the baseline is one of the things that can be difficult to keep straight. a bad baseline can ruin an otherwise nice set of dovetails. Here's another cutting gauge I made from Cocobolo.