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Appreciation post: I figured that $12 contour gauge was junk, then it saved me on a curved face frame
I picked up a cheap plastic contour gauge at a Rockler in Denver 3 months ago and honestly almost tossed it in a drawer because it felt flimsy next to my nicer layout tools. Last Friday I had to match a scribe line on a bowed face frame for a kitchen in Boulder and it copied the curve spot on, first try. What small tool did you write off at first that ended up earning a spot in your apron?
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lindaf7814d ago
Doubt it will last. That flimsy plastic flexes the second you press it against anything harder than pine, so whatever curve you copied on Friday was probably off by a hair. You got lucky that the scribe line had some wiggle room, because on a tight fit with a hardwood face frame those cheap gauges bend and lie to you. A set of dividers or a thin piece of card stock and a pencil will do the same job and cost you nothing. The tool did not earn a spot, the situation just happened to be forgiving.
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