A Rebuild Project?

[bandit571]

A while back, I picked a cutting gauge at an Antique Mall....$4....Was a bit on the worn side..
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Lets see...end with the knife and wedge has split.....thumbscrew was stripped out, barely holding on.....and the head has a crack in it..

So...
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I do have some Ash stock for a new arm.....I went to Lowes this evening, bought a threaded insert and a new thumbscrew to match...

May try to glue the crack back together...not really wanting to make a new head...then, install the threaded insert, and the new thumbscrew.

Question being how long to make the new arm?    I was thinking about MAYBE 12"?  

I can chop out the mortise for the wedge and knife....maybe sharpen the knife?

Stay tuned....

[bandit571]

Last night..repaired the split head..

   
Bought the brass insert, and got it install this morning..

   
Made sure the new thumbscrew was long enough..

   

These are the "old" parts..

   
I did keep the wedge...the thumbscrew was too short to work any more...cutter needed replaced

   
Squared up a 12" long piece of Ash scrap...and checked for fit..

   
Slides easy enough, no binding...

Needed a mortise chopped...straight wall for the cutter, angled wall for the wedge..

   
Slide the bar into the head...

   
I think that will do just fine...Total cost?    Just under $7 , for the gauge and the new parts...New cutter was a reground Xacto blade..