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PATTERN MAKING 



MARKING GAGES. 



The marking gage is used for drawing a line at a given 

 distance from, and parallel to, the already trued and jointed surface 

 or edge of a board or piece of wood that is being marked to dimen- 

 sions. There are many forms of this tool, but in the "Improved 



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Pig. 56. 



Marking Gage," illustrated in Fig. 56, the head is reversible. 

 The flat side of the head is used for ordinary straight work, while 

 the reverse side, having the brass face with two projecting ribs, 



Fig. 57. 



Fig. 58. 



enables the operator to run a gage line with perfect ste.-idincss 

 and accuracy around curves of any radius, either convex orconcnvc 

 a feature much to be desired in a pattern-maker's gage. 



