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gage to see that it protrudes from the beam of the gage about 

 1/32" and that it is filed to a knife edge parallel to the surface 

 of the stop (Fig. 25). 



RULE 



^ WIDTH OF BOARD 



FIG. 23. Setting the 

 marking gage. 



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FIG. 24. Testing gage 

 with rule. 



Hold the gage on the face side of the wood with the head 

 against the joint edge (Fig. 26), and run the gage from the end 

 of the wood nearest you to the far end, which, in the case of a 



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FIG. 25. Correct shape cf 

 point of marking gage. 



FIG. 26. Position of gage 

 when marking on wide 

 boards. 



long piece, may be rested on the bench (Fig. 27). The rela- 

 tive position of the gage and the wood is shown in Fig. 28. 



Do not roll the gage as it is pushed over the surface of the 

 wood, as this will make the marker run too deeply into the 

 wood. 



The board is now marked for width (3-1/2 "), with another 

 mark to guide the rip-saw in its first cut, and to provide a 1/2" 

 strip along the edge of the board to be used in fastening tl:e 

 fan strips on the end of the trellis (Fig. 29) . 



14. Marking Fan Strips. Lay off six points on the fan 

 end of the board, 1/2" apart. Do this by laying the 



