Measuring Tools

You can't build anything without accurate measurements, and the right measuring tools are what you need to get any woodworking project measured, and completed correctly.  There are a variety of types of measuring tools you'll want to include in your wood shop including tape measures like center-finding tapes and flat-back tapes for measuring curved objects,  digital calipers or dial calipers, and precision steel rules and hook rulers

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  Top 10 Workshop Annoyances: You Make Inaccurate Cuts Due to Poor Measurement Conversions

  A calculator that automatically converts pesky decimals into fractions can be invaluable when making project measurements in the shop.

  
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  MasterGage 1-2-3 MicroGage Measures Router Bits, Table Saw Blades and More

  MasterGage’s 1-2-3 MicroGage is a two-piece tool that makes getting accurate measurements on your table saw and router table quick and easy.

  
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  Remarkable Rockler Reviews: The Thread Detective

  Rockler customers have really taken a liking to the Thread Detective screw and bolt sizing system for both standard and metric measurements.

  
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  The Eyeballing Game – Still Going Strong

  Matthias Wandel’s Eyeballing Game is popular among internet woodworkers, testing your ability to take simple measurements using only your sight.

  
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  More Not-So-Common Measuring Tools

  As a woodworker, you take a lot of measurements, and there are a lot of tools to help you make some unique, but extremely accurate measurements.

  
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  How to Get the Best Caster Measurements Easily With the Help of Your Bench Vise

  I build my shop carts and tool stands the same height as my workbench and stationary tools, and I put them on casters to keep everything mobile. Measuring the true height of casters used to be a head scratcher until I came up with this simple method: all you do is clamp the caster in [...]

  
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  Let There Be Light (and Level)

  Some tools just make your life in the shop easier, the UFO Tool and Flashlight lights your work directly and a Picture Hanging Level makes marking easy.

  
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  Digital Measuring Tools – the Gift of Technology

  Modern technology has taken to woodworking, making measurement taking and tool set up a breeze with digital measurements and readouts.

  
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  Tune Up You Table Saw, Planer and Router Table with a Combination Square

  A combination square can help you test and make adjustments to several shop tools including your router table, table saw and shop planer.

  
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  Setting Your Router Bits and Table Saw with a Combinations Square

  A combination square can offer you an excellent method of checking and setting your bit height as well as your table saw’s miter gauge.

  
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  Adding a Four-Piece Combination Square Measuring Tool to Your Workshop

  The cost is a bit higher, but a four-piece combination square will be a regular board measuring tool in your workshop for a lifetime.

  
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  Inspecting Wood Grain and Blade Edges with a Ten Power Hand Lens Magnifier

  To properly examine your tools and inspect the grain of your lumber, a ten times magnification hand lens should be a fixture in your workshop.

  
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  Preparing Your Stock using a Combination Square

  Combo squares are amongst the most used tool in a workshop, checking to make sure your end cuts and miter angles are cut perfectly flat.

  
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  Rockler’s Biscuit Cutter Gauge

  Rockler’s Biscuit Cutter Gauge allows you to measure the cuts you need to make for biscuits from the kerf cut rather than the biscuits themselves.

  
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  How to Choose a Combination Square for Home Workshop Measurements

  One of the tools you will use the most in your shop is a combination square, author Bill Hylton offers his suggestions on how to pick the best.

  
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  More Digital Accuracy from Wixey

  You may never replace your old hand measuring tools, but innovations like Wixey’s Digital Angle Gauges make the process much more smooth.

  
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  Making Doors with Mitered Corners

  Adding mitered corners to a raised panel door can be a tricky and sometimes unnecessary step, but a bit of skill will make a strong joint.

  
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  The Wixey Digital Angle Gauge

  Rockler customers enjoy the simplicity and usefulness of Wixey’s Digital Angle Gauge, perfect for properly setting your workshop’s tools.

  
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  Working with Uncommon Angles

  Trying to wrap your head around some of the math involved in calculating woodworking angles can be made less painful with a Starrett angle gauge.

  
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  Checking for Squareness

  There are many tried and true methods for checking a project’s corners for squareness, but specialized tools are often the most accurate.