Wood Working Marking

Remember you may need pencils for slight marks (which are commonly worn over the right ear of the carpenter), but also measuring compasses which may not be enough if you use your child’s. For longer distances you may need to mark the center with a nail and tie a rope for reaching the desired points.

 

Square

Its main use, as you might have guessed by now, is to allow a 90 degrees angle between the boardings. Although there are also scholar rules for measure, it is not necessary to use them. You can rely on any object which you recognise the craft as industrial work, or small pieces of wood sheets, in case you are hurried and you do not have a square: anything that can be adapted to the area you are working on. One more tip: the wood allows you to mark the square and helps you to figure out how the final work will look like

 

Carpenter’s gauge

This tool is also used for marking. It consists of a removable piece with a screw over a rule that can be fixed wherever you need. This is very useful in case you need to use the measure over different boardings.