Cutting gauge of beech. Stem mortised into a jack handle. Fence locked with a thumbscrew in a tapped mortise but a side mortise indicates that the fence was originally secured with a wedge. A further mortise through the stem just inside the handle held a cutting blade and wedge which are no longer extant.
5 x 21 1/4 x 7 in. (12.7 x 54.1 x 17.8 cm)
D. Ashby
Inscription method: stamped
Inscription location: ends of fence
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