Pencil Gauge...a clever idea!

Here’s a thread from FB where Derek Jones, the editor of ‘Furniture & Cabinetmaking’ magazine posted a very cunning way to make a pencil gauge.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WoodworkProjects/permalink/1373230312773705/?comment_id=1373350809428322&reply_comment_id=1374062459357157&notif_t=group_comment_reply&notif_id=1501848675727833

If you disregard all the discussion and concentrate solely on the clip, it’s a very clever idea. I’ve just tried it out and it takes less that five minutes to do, assuming that you have a decent HB pencil, an 8mm bolt and a nut.

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Remember there is no point to a blunt pencil…c/o ‘George’ from the esteemed Mr P Sellers