Post your Measuring Devices and Gauges

[aaronc]

I'm going to be treating myself to some calipers and right-angle gauges for the holidays. I'd be interested in seeing any and all measuring devices you guys use. Whether it be for measuring thickness, depth, or angles.  Thanks, 👍

 

 

[wefalck]

I found a small, only 10 cm long analogue Vernier-caliper with 0.05 mm Vernier most useful for work around the project and on the lathe. Less cumbersome than the bigger and let alone the digital ones.

I also use a small micro-meter, a very thin right-angle square, a set of sheet-metal angle gauges.

[Wawona59]

Here's a list of the measuring tools that I use most frequently:

 

6" steel rule - L.S. Starrett

12" steel rule - L.S. Starrett

4" combination square - L.S. Starrett

12" steel centering rule - Bridge City Tool Works

6" adjustable bevel gauge - Bridge City Tool Works

Digital Caliper

3" steel inside and outside calipers

3" steel dividers

3" steel machinist's square

8" Proportional divider - Alvin West Germany

Marking knife

Mechanical pencil with lead and steel nibs

Marking Guage w/round steel blade - Veritas, Lee Valley Toolworks

Chalk line for marking the centerline of a deck 

 

I keep them in a Gerstner machinist's tool chest

 

I hope this helps.  Get the highest quality hand tools you can afford.  They are more accurate than the typical home center variety and are a pleasure to use.  With proper care they will last you a lifetime as well as the lifetimes of your decedents who may inherit them.