Ruler Stops

Ruler Stops 

Lionel has made several of these useful stops for various rulers of different lengths and types both for his own use and for others to use. 

They are useful for both measuring and rememebering measurements. They can also be used to rule parallel lines along the sides of a workpiece or for marking out tenon joints.

They consist of two pieces of wood, one of which has a groove down the centre the width and thickness of the particular ruler. 

In the centre of this groove is a threaded nut and a hole right through. 

The two pieces are then bolted together and a bolt with a knob is fed through the hole and screwed into the threaded nut. 

Then it is tightened enough to protude into the groove where it will lock itself to the ruler.

A few stops he also made out of a thick slab of aluminium simply had a threaded hole instead of a threaded nut.

He also made a wedge shaped one (for marking out dovetail joints) with the groove cut at a 7.5 degree angle on one side (for soft woods) and a 8.5 degree angle on the other (for hard woods).

Photo and description courtesy of Lionel Hartley. 


Posted with Lionel's permission by The Friends of Lionel Hartley.

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