Comments on: Bevel Gauge Ensures You’ve Got The Right Angle http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/27/bevel-gauge-ensures-youve-got-the-right-angle/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/27/bevel-gauge-ensures-youve-got-the-right-angle/#comment-244209 Fred Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:15:06 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/27/bevel-gauge-ensures-youve-got-the-right-angle/#comment-244209 While I do mostly GC - Plumbing - Finish Carpentry work - I like woodworking as a hobby. On a jobsite I'm mostly power tools - including several power planes (PC 126's for door hanging and a Makita 1806B - 6.5 inch for cutting down double joists. But in the wood shop - after the table saw and jointer - the finish work is with hand planes. I bought this Kell gage in 2000 for about $8 - and it was a great purchase - use it a lot to calibrate my eyes when sharpening. There is another version that I saw at Woodcraft (#147765) that bears the Pinnacle Brand - and has a varaible angle arangement - but over 3x the cost. This may be an exclusive to Woodcraft - but other Pinnacle Brand tools seem to be the same as those offered at Woodpeckers: http://www.woodpeck.com/ While I do mostly GC - Plumbing - Finish Carpentry work - I like woodworking as a hobby. On a jobsite I’m mostly power tools - including several power planes (PC 126’s for door hanging and a Makita 1806B - 6.5 inch for cutting down double joists. But in the wood shop - after the table saw and jointer - the finish work is with hand planes.
I bought this Kell gage in 2000 for about $8 - and it was a great purchase - use it a lot to calibrate my eyes when sharpening.

There is another version that I saw at Woodcraft (#147765) that bears the Pinnacle Brand - and has a varaible angle arangement - but over 3x the cost. This may be an exclusive to Woodcraft - but other Pinnacle Brand tools seem to be the same as those offered at Woodpeckers:

http://www.woodpeck.com/

]]> By: Frank Townend http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/27/bevel-gauge-ensures-youve-got-the-right-angle/#comment-244099 Frank Townend Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:55:30 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/27/bevel-gauge-ensures-youve-got-the-right-angle/#comment-244099 Just got mine the other day. Very nicely made, as with all of Mr. Kell's products. Visiting his site reminded me of the "old-time" tool makers. He even enlists his wife Christine to handle the product packaging, which is made from his own tooling. Just got mine the other day. Very nicely made, as with all of Mr. Kell’s products. Visiting his site reminded me of the “old-time” tool makers. He even enlists his wife Christine to handle the product packaging, which is made from his own tooling.

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