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Marking gauge - Halfathumb - 10-08-2020
Can the cutting wheel on a marking gauge be replaced? Mine is getting a little dim.
Jim
RE: Marking gauge - Handplanesandmore - 10-08-2020
You can sharpen it on a waterstone. Hone the flat side. Depending on what brand your gauge is, some sell replacement wheels (if broken).
Simon
RE: Marking gauge - barryvabeach - 10-08-2020
Jim, If you try to resharpen, you have two options. One is to just sharpen one spot - when you use it , that spot will score the line and not move - at least I have a few that work that way. The other method , which is more work, is to sharpen the entire circumference.
RE: Marking gauge - fptahoe - 10-13-2020
They can be replaced - I got mine from Lie Nielsen - https://www.lie-nielsen.com/products/tite-mark-marking-gauges-tite-mark-marking-blade-?path=tite-mark-marking-gauges&node=4179.
RE: Marking gauge - handi - 10-18-2020
(10-08-2020, 10:40 AM)Halfathumb Wrote: Can the cutting wheel on a marking gauge be replaced? Mine is getting a little dim.
Jim
I would say depends on the marking gauge.
I have a couple of Lee Valley marking gauges that have wheels that are held with screws, so they are certainly replaceable.
RE: Marking gauge - Halfathumb - 10-19-2020
(10-18-2020, 07:25 PM)handi Wrote: I would say depends on the marking gauge.
I have a couple of Lee Valley marking gauges that have wheels that are held with screws, so they are certainly replaceable.
Mine are held on with screws also.
RE: Marking gauge - Phil S. - 10-19-2020
A search on google turns up all sorts of places that sell replacement wheels -
https://www.google.com/search?q=marking+gauge+replacement+wheel&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS733US733&oq=marking+guage+wheel&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i13i457j0i22i30l6.14076j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
What brand is your gauge? A match would be best, but I can't imagine there's all that much variation between them that you couldn't make another brand work.
RE: Marking gauge - Tony Z - 10-20-2020
Titemark wheels can be replaced (I bought a spare wheel about a half dozen years ago when the original was getting "dim"). However, I never put it on, instead opting to "brighten" the original up a bit. I honed it on a granite plate, on 2,000 grit Sc paper. Good as new.