kbalch (07-20-2015), Paul Jones (07-20-2015), PJs (07-21-2015)
Thanks Brendon! I've added your Marking Gauge to our Marking Gauges category, as well as to your builder page: Brendon's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
Hi, thanks for your kind comment.
The inlay was a bit tricky because everything was so small.
While making the thumbscrew I drilled a depression in the brass head on the lathe.
Into this I superglued a button I had turned earlier from a material called Juma.
The surface of this button was dressed flat on the lathe.
Then I took my mother of pearl diamond shape and held it down temporarily with a neatly cut
Piece of double sided tape. Holding the diamond firmly in place with my thumb I marked around it
With a scalpel. Then I literally cut out the recess for the shape using the scalpel and a very tiny chisel
That I have. The Juma proved more difficult to cut and chisel than wood but I got there.
After that it was a matter of gluing into place and then sanding down flat.
Tricky hand work but worth effort.
Cheers
Brendon
kbalch (07-22-2015), Paul Jones (07-22-2015), PJs (07-21-2015)
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