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    Has anyone tried the Luban gauge?

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    I have the newer Veritas marking gauge, bought for the offset function, rather than the micro adjust.
    It has a bit of play, should you decide to use that adjustment function.
    I lock it down, but gets loose again, and I don't want to crank on it as the hollow stem has very thin walls.

    The adjustment is easy/precise should you forget about that " micro adjust feature"
    It is a nice fit, the only problem I have, or one might have if using it like Cosman's is the single lock screw.
    It'll move if you are a bit heavy handed, (I don't have a router plane yet)

    I can depend on the badly made Titemark knockoff, which has another pointless (as far as I can make out)
    micro adjust also, but the stem is a bit awful.
    Even so with that fit, it stays locked having both screws.
    (if someone is making them still, then note that the cutter doesn't sit flush, as screw is in the way,
    so cannot be dropped onto the work... and 5 quid spare Veritas cutter's don't fit.)

    Tom

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    Quote Originally Posted by qwertyu View Post
    Has anyone tried the Luban gauge?
    I do not recommend any of the knock-off gauges. They are a crap shoot for finish, plus replacement cutters are unpredictable. Spend a little more once and get a reliable Tite-Mark or Veritas, or make your own with their parts. Veritas sell the stem/cutter separately for their new adjustable gauge.

    I was one of the early testers for the micro adjustable Veritas, and now also purchased the kit to add to a wheel gauge I built a few years back ….





    The TM micro adjust is better, but also more spendy.

    Frankly, I am very happy with non-fine adjustable gauges, and the cheapest Veritas is an excellent gauge.

    On the left is the Veritas Anniversary gauge in SS. These are now only available in brass. One of my favourites. On the right is the cheapest Veritas, and set up here with a Tite-Mark slicing blade …



    Just get the cheaper Veritas with the standard blade, and you are good to go.

    Regards from Perth

    Derek
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    Default Update on Igaging cutting gauge wheels

    Ok; thanks to Derek’s suggestion I can now confirm that Veritas cutting wheels fit the Igaging gauges, including the digital one. They are also sharp enough to allow the gauge to act as a sort of router; this is American White Oak:

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    One issue though; the Veritas wheel wasn’t actually flat and needed to be lapped on a diamond stone which took off a fraction of a mm. You get less than 0.2 of a mm to hone away before the screw head becomes flush with the wheel.

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    Lastly, the Aus distributer is now selling Igaging wheels on his Ebay store; $13 inc shipping. However; if you live near a Carbatec store the Veritas ones are only $10 and my local toolshop ordered me one in for $13…
    Nothing succeeds like a budgie without a beak.

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    One issue though; the Veritas wheel wasn’t actually flat and needed to be lapped on a diamond stone which took off a fraction of a mm. You get less than 0.2 of a mm to hone away before the screw head becomes flush with the wheel.
    I have not noticed this on my Veritas gauges, which have been sharpened many times.. It may be that the iGaging insert is not as bevelled. If you need, you can always tap a little off the outside of the screw head.

    Regards from Perth

    Derek
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