. Teacher's handbook of Slöjd . Fig. 18. Folding Metre-measure. ^. TOOLS. 71. not altogether trustworthy, on account of the looseness of itsconstruction, and the gaps at the joints.* II. In drawing straig-ht lines use is made ofan ordinary ruler and a lead pencil, but whengreat accuracy is required a marking pointshould be used. This consists of a piece of steel,tapering to a sharp point, about 4 inches long andI inch thick, inserted in a handle (Fig. 19). III. In drawing lines parallel to the edges ofa piece of wood, the marking g-aug-e is used. Many different kinds are made, but those gener-
. Teacher's handbook of Slöjd . Fig. 18. Folding Metre-measure. ^. TOOLS. 71. not altogether trustworthy, on account of the looseness of itsconstruction, and the gaps at the joints.* II. In drawing straig-ht lines use is made ofan ordinary ruler and a lead pencil, but whengreat accuracy is required a marking pointshould be used. This consists of a piece of steel,tapering to a sharp point, about 4 inches long andI inch thick, inserted in a handle (Fig. 19). III. In drawing lines parallel to the edges ofa piece of wood, the marking g-aug-e is used. Many different kinds are made, but those gener-ally used agree in the main details. They consistof a piece of wood, the stock, which has at leasttwo parallel plane surfaces. A spindle, eithercircular or square in cross-section, passes througha mortise in the stock. At one end of the spindleis a sharp lancet-shaped steel onarker. Some Marking-pointSwedish marking gauges have two spindles. Vs- That side of the stock which is placed against the edge towhich the lines drawn are to be parallel, may vary in length,but when l
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