How to make Marking Gauges | Paul Sellers
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- This is a long episode so, prepare yourself with some snacks and a drink or two. Paul had a lot of fun filming this himself, alongside making several gauges in tandem.
The accuracy levels and the demand for fine handwork go with this series of gauges but, once you are done, the cost is some basic scrap hardwood and a little piano wire. Have fun learning new techniques you may not find anywhere else on the net.
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Stay safe. Everyone is suffering one way or another during these times, including me.
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You prolly dont care but does someone know of a way to log back into an Instagram account..?
I somehow lost the password. I appreciate any help you can offer me!
You´re the only person in the world that makes me watch a 2 hour UA-cam and still makes me HAPPY! Thanks.
Mr. Sellers Thank you for the wonderful videos. Watching this one gave me a sense of deja vu. I've told the new guys at work, " Imagine you're making a shelf for your bathroom. You mount it right straight across from the toilet. Every time you sit down there, you will look at it. If there is ANYTHING wrong with it, it should make you crazy. " A touch of OCD is a good thing when you're doing fine quality work. I've learned so much from you. I hope to watch your videos for a long time to come.
Amazing that such a simple looking marking tool is so complicated to make and it makes one appreciate the genius of the first people who figured out how to do it-- whoever that was, wherever that was and whenever it was.
Hi Paul, I’m a seasoned professional carpenter of 30 years, I liked the look of these marking gauges so I made one today and I’ve got to say they work really great...better than my old and new gauges...and feel so nice in the hand. I highly recommend making one or more, I enjoyed the process and will be looking for a nice bit of hardwood to make another one or two.. thanks for the inspiration Dean.
Paul Sellers is like the Mr. Rogers of woodworking. I'm so glad I found your channel again.
i still own my Auger Brace that was part of my first tool kit as an apprentice Carpenter and joiner in 1984 ....don't use it anymore ..but those years as an Apprentice, it was all i used.
Unfortunately most of my original tools were stolen a good few years back ..replace with more modern Equivelents ....i still have my old block plane as well which i use most days .
Only just Found your Channel ... subscribed and loving the content .
Paul I got some purple heart and a block of mystic I have been saving for a project like this. Thank you I will watch this video again
with some of my troops wood workers. I and we enjoy your teachings from beginning to further..... OORAH!!
07:25 “It’s perfect! I don’t think I could do better.” This is so important! Do acknowledge to yourself when the job you have done is of the quality it needs to be. This is not any lack of humbleness-it is appreciating the result of your good work, and it helps you consolidate the skills you have acquired, including the care and the attention that goes into using them. Such an important lesson here. Being proud of what is actually good is very healthy.
Hiii sir 🙏🤝
@@Zie_carpentry !1!+!
my father was a carpenter too, and he was the calm in person, when he has a piece of wood in his hands; exact this I can see in your eyes! It's so great to see you working, it's a bit like meditation. I hope your wooden heart beats much longer for these great videos - 2 hours? I can't believe how fast the hours run...! Much greetings from the veriest north of Germany! yours Toddy
Hallo T, welches Holz wird hier verwendet? Es wird zwar mehrfach erwähnt, aber ich habe es nicht verstanden. Danke
Covid 19 got me started on woodworking and paul sellers helped me the most to learn the basics. There are a lot of woodworking personalities on youtube, but i always come back to mr sellers videos. Thanks sir.
You couldn't find a better teacher
What sourcery is this
covid stopped me woodworking. I can't buy wood for 4 months.
@@thePavuk - I am lucky enough to have both a lumber yard & a millworks nearby where I can scavenge.
Wow same here. Start woodworking coz of Covid19
"Such a boring job, this" - that was some excellent subtle humor there.
17:56 "if you had another one already made up, you can lose it wherever you want to"
Lol i had to rewind to make sure i heard it right! Made me laugh🤣🤣🤣
"This is your daily gym exercising, so do your pull-ups...turn it 'round and go downhill, and do your bench presses..." - so boring yet fitting in one video!
..."and now that we've got this pegged...as it were." 🤣
Oh wow, a Scorsese-length video. Nice.
Never has a woodworker LOVED wood more than Paul Sellers.Oh ,and these gauges look beautiful . Ii made three of them . Great design . That locking pin ,tremendous.
We need more long form videos please. Many of us are more than willing to spend the entire day in the shop with Paul. You learn just as much if not more in between the intended institution. Beyond apprenticeship it’s so hard to get those important little lessons of a trade.
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Two and a half hours flew off... And I am SO HAPPY. Thank You Mr Sellers. I find Marking Gauges are like clamps, you never have enough.
A 2 1/2 hour video, keeping it interesting all along. Thanks for sharing.
At 51 minutes in, when you are measuring with the steel rule, you touch your pinky to the end of the rule to verify that it's plumb with the piece. That's one of the kinds of trick I like to learn from your videos.
thank you for everything my friend. It only took me a few thousand hours to get my #4 under control. Now it is a part of my hand and I have 4.
I was starting to get worried as I had not seen any new content for a while. So very glad you are still well Paul.
Of all the 'public' carpenters in the world, Paul is the absolute best. As a professional chippie myself, I've learnt more, saved more time, done more jobs, made them easier; simply by being able to get myself out of trouble due to the stuff he has taught me over the years. And yes, it is down to competence with hand tools. Electric gives you speed. Hand and mind gives you fit, first time.
Very best of wishes Paul. Hope your time is a long time.
Thanks Paul. How wonderful that we can experience the patient gentleman showing how to actually get these things done. These videos are a perfect meld of modern tech with continuity of experience.
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Hey Paul mate.. Just felt like dropping in to say thank you very much for these woodworking classes u do online... Well on YT really. Ur giving of ur free time for ppl like myself who want to learn the craft. I turn 50 this year and I never had a passion for much before I began working with wood. Something happened this year. I was out of work ill and began doing some jobs around the house. Well my Mums old house. She needed some jams and doors fixed and asked me to have a look while I had time on my hands so I did and I caught the bug. I managed to cut out parts of damaged door jams and fit in new pieces of wood. Not a very technical job but something happened when I began to go to work fixing her old solid pine doors. They were in bits but I started to take the damaged doors and fix them like new and now I've began buying tools to build out a small workshop. I'm back in work now but I really want to go at this woodworking game full time but I cannot afford to atm. It's bcos of great ppl like u and a few others on here that I got hooked on Woodworking. I thank u Sir. I watch ur videos all the time. Every free moment I have I'm searching for videos on how to do the basics to begin with. Ur videos are some of the very best bcos u take ur time and give us every chance of making it at this craft. I love watching them mate. I found a passion finally. It only took me the best part of 50 years ..LMAO.
I spent my life jumping from job to job never finding any real fullfilment until taking some time off my old job. Now I'm doing something I really love doing. I get up every day wanting to learn something new about tools and how to look after them. Ur videos on sharpening chisels, etc are phenomenal Paul mate. Sounds crazy to some I realise but this is what I want to spend the rest of my life doing once I get myself fully trained on this subject matter. I want to build great furniture pieces, I also want to build bespoke staircases if there is such a thing. I have vision for what I want to do now bcos I love this art form.
Apologies for such a lotta waffle there mate but I needed to say this.. Life is good and only going to get better from now on..
I also love ur videos bcos u push the merits of using our hands to create. It's not all about power tools. U actually use elbow grease/hard graft to get to where u want to go with a piece of wood and I love learning how to get there with u man. Salute to u Sir. Keep up the fantastic work my friend..
Salute to all in the comment section too and smash that like and share the thing too..
This was a full length course in making marking and cutting gauges. Thank you Paul for the rare opportunity to sit in on one of your Master Classes. Excellent video. Take care and stay well.
I am so glad a craftsman from across the pond appreciates mesquite! We have loads of it in Texas but very few people work the wood.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It really is appreciated.
Thanks for taking care of those who are not used to inches.I always use centimeters and millimeters whenever I measure, and your conversions are a boon to me. 👍
It is a pleasure to watch a craftsman put the craftsmanship into what he is working on. Good craftsmanship takes time.
What size is the block of wood are you using!
You sir are the Bob Ross of woodworking. Thank you so much for sharing your craftsmanship
I watched this class (as well as all the videos on your channel that I have seen) more than once! And this morning I started making my first "graminho" (marking gauge). It was ready at the end of the day and I'm really happy with the result! I can only thank you, for taking the time to share your knowledge with us in this very special art, which has been changing my perspective on life! God Bless you, Mr Paul Sellers! Greetings from Brazil!
Hii sir
Please, keep those entertaining videos coming! Don't mind the quality if you film by yourself, just do it. We all need som sense in this mad times. Keep distance, be safe, but don't isolate yourself from the rest of the world, that's the right way to handle theese times. Miss you, Paul! //Mikael Johansson, from Sweden.
Very happy to pour a coffee and settle in to learning this. Thanks, Paul, for all of the great instruction and teaching me to make so many things. It has absolutely enriched my life.
2:32:02 Dracula's fangs :-)
The ultimate marking gauge video! Was it really more than two and a half hours? Tempus fugit!
I finished my twin-bar gauge yesterday, now I'll spend this day in my garage making Paul's style gauge. An investment in time for life.
D’you know something, Paul?
If I’d had a ‘woodwork’ teach who didn’t just tell us how to do things, but also WHY they should be done when I was an eleven-year-old, these 51 years later I may not be so desperately ignorant and having to rapidly play catch up and learn, in order to pursue a hobby in building electric guitars.
So thank you - your manner and various techniques which of course are transferable to what I ultimately want to do are invaluable. And who knows, I may even build some softwood garden planters for my wife!
Just finished my router plane. And gearing up to make these marking guages. Thanks so much paul.
Paul - I'm grateful you make these instructional videos. Hand tool work has become such a relaxing and meditative hobby for me. It's really good for one's mental health.
You’re not alone in that
"... then you can lose it wherever you want to" is my new favourite saying.
Out here on the North Coast of California, your teaching has made this pandemic situation nearly bearable. So glad you are staying healthy, Paul, and even more so to see your amazing patience and steady hand Us apprentices can appreciate a real master. Haven't been in that position for some years - I spent nearly 40 years making custom orthopedic shoes and foot orthotics - woodworking was mostly by necessity ( that means I am a hack, but it works and doesn't fall apart - just don't take it home to show yer mum.) My first master would have appreciated your approach, as well. Keep 'em coming!
I love work! I can watch it all day. ( By watching these videos, finally, as an old man, I can hand saw a straight line. )
THANK YOU PAUL. I WAS THINKING THAT YOUR PRESENTATION WAS LONG, BUT THE DETAILS YOU PRESENTED MADE IT ALL WORTHWHILE. THANKS AGAIN. WAYNE
As a guitar builder it's great to see Mr Sellers use the Shinto rasp. Fabulous little tool.
Wow, I can't believe I watched this entire lesson. Very inspiring and a show of true craftsmanship. Well done sir.
how about using a chainSaw oooooh yea! Mr. Sellers thank you, we learn so much and today we learn to realllly enjoy the carving and creating ... so simple and fulfilling.... OORAH!!
There are some hightec workshops that will stop if there no electricity or back uo power, because the artisans can't use simple manual tools to continue..😮
I can totally appreciate a fine craftsman demonstrating his art, skill and knowledge.
I decided to make my own gauge after seeing these demonstrated, watching some videos, and seeing the lack of quality available on many websites all selling the same ones.
I ended up here, but find myself over and over again asking myself as I watch this, aren't we making this wayyyyyyy more complicated than it really needs to be?
* Ducks flying shoes and mallets*
I believe it is the thinking that matters most.
Tha k you so much for your videos. I watch one every night and they never get old. I am a beginner and your videos are the best class I’ve ever been too. God bless
Bob Ross of woodworking
Watching the whole bit gives you some hidden gems 😀
I have not finish this video at all, but I will ! I have learnt many technics to be more precise looking for your videos, and there are a lot to learn again in this one. Thank you very much !!
That was excellent, Paul.
Some real skills passed on there.
Oh yes ... thank you for these current videos! There are various tools that have been harder to come by than others - mortise, marking and cutting gauges seem to fit this category. The newer ones are either well made and expensive, the cheap ones not worth the money. I always wondered why a craftsman couldn't make their own? Keep up the good work, stay safe and healthy, please.
So true. And making your own, with sufficient skill, means you can make it to your exact needs without any un-needed extras that some manufacturers seem to want you to pay extra for. Plus, you control the materials and the quality.
I don't need to go to my own shop... it's satisfying enough to watch Paul Sellers do woodworking. :)
Just finished making 3 of these... 2 of them are unusable but one is ok. Thank you for teaching Paul!!
I learned so much more than about the process of making a marking gauge. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.
Very generous of you to share so much of your valuable time
This one is getting added to my favorites. I needed this very item, and just like that, now I can make it. Wonderful lesson. Thank you Paul.
Master class on loving your trade. Great step-by-step tutorial about making something as humble, but essential to joiners, with old-world craftsmanship. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Cheers
12:50 Lovely to hear you slip into Texan ...
Another great vid. Looking well. Stay safe.
Mr Sellers, I truly appreciate your channel and obvious passion for what you do, I am just getting into hand tool woodworking and have already realized that smaller items will be my passion as I enjoy the expertise that that is required to create them .
Paul is an international treasure!
I've been waiting on this too so many thanks to Paul. If he truly is a mind reader he'll already know I want to do a panel gauge too so I won't ask here.
I salvaged some usable spalted silver birch from some partially rotten small logs from a garden tree- 25mm stock dried for a year. I had a go at a prototype fixed pin 6mm mortise gauge which turned out nice albeit overly worked and 'cutesy'. Now I'll get on with some real functional gauges. I do intend to make complete gauges though so when the first stock/fence is right I'll butt up the others to it and use it as a guide to drill the other locking pin holes.
The slight radius at the bottom of the hole (as opposed to a flat surface) helps keeping the stem straight, even as the stem and hole wears out over time. When the locking peg pushes the stem down, it straightens out.
very good, it is always a pleasure to follow your work with wood
I’m so thankful for these videos. Thank you.
"It doesn't matter technically. What does technically matter? What matters is how I feel about it when I've made it, and that's the most important thing!"
I've grown to really appreciate Paul-isms.
"Ahh, I need a fancy one. You don't really need a fancy one."
His style is down to earth and very accessible for the average everyday sort of person.
05:30 “Because this gauge needs to be accurate… No pressure.” 🤣❤️❤️❤️
No way! I've been waiting for this for so long, awesome
Thank you for making this Paul. Weekend project sorted
Just did a practice run using pine. It turned out really well! Now for a nice hardwood. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial.
Did you make the final pin out of pine, or some other wood?
@@AndreaCuchetto I made it all out of the same pine. I don't plan to use it so it didn't really matter. If I was going to use it, I'd probably use something harder for the pins. I just started on one using walnut and ironwood but I wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing first.
thanks for making these tutorials so accessible
Paul Sellers what a master craftsman brilliant video loved the marking gauges. Beautiful it's great just watching someone who knows what they are doing really enjoyed it
Did I just watch this for two AND A HALF HOURS..!?!?!
Yes. Yes sir I did.
brilliant :)
I love this video, as I do all of your videos. Thanks :) You are the Bob Ross of woodworking in my opinion.
the thing is: at 1st i was interested in "oh lets see how he makes this thing"
but then he showed me more of some tini thnings like the one with the drill that he goes half way through and then i was like "ay yea give me more of this" xD
so now im more interested in that tini things that can help me in general thing, so never the less, thx 4 the teaching lesson! i enjoyed it, may god be with you :)
I appreciate your efforts Paul and team! Here and there longer vids like this are a treasure. I also enjoy your videos that focus on speed work as well!!
I’ve enjoyed every minute of this Paul……..once I’ve got my bench made, I will be giving this a try at some point. Only just finished my saw horses so a bit to go yet. Thank you for your ever helpful videos.
How wonderful..
Never tolerate such a long video, but in this case here I was shocked to be watching the whole thing through with pleasure and satisfaction.
Thank you dear and god bless you.
If I was still in the UK, I would supply Paul with some real ale and snacks!! In full PPE of course!
Brilliant teacher, remind me of my woodworking classes at school in the mid 70's.
I got to make me one of these. I remember using them at school. Thank you sir sellers you are a legend 🙏
Some folks watch the news. Some watch tear-dropping Netflix dramas. The more mindless of us keep up with the Kardashians. I watch hours of graceful hand tool work by Mr. Paul Sellers.
Mr. Sellers, you’re the best!
Really enjoyed the video.Great workmanship!thank you.
Thanks Paul for a great video.I’ve just a marking gauge with walnut, mahogany and maple scraps and it came out brilliant. Take care, and stay safe from Auckland New Zealand.
The details on how you describe what you do is amazing. You could be a surgeon and teach how to do it.
I've learned a great deal watching your videos an in reading your blog thanks for sharing
HI Paul I really enjoyed your video , I watched all of it from start to finish and found it interesting because there were hardly any cuts in the film , brill for woodworkers thanks Paul
Excellent video! I watched this on WWMC last week. I look forward to making some of these gauges!
Master of woodworking!
Chapeau 😊
Love your channel and your video tutorials. Knowledge transfer for the ages. Excelent stuff, keep it up.
Love watching this so much. Looking forward to making this.
Epic! Held my attention for 2.5 hours...
Perfect timing. Was considering making one and then this series came out. Among his many skills, is Paul also a mind reader?
You must be the guy I outbid on eBay last week for the nice Stanley marking gauge with the diagonal pin position and the honey-coloured screw. Sorry.
he is good at everything
I've just made one, now I need to make another, better, one!
@@mm9773 apology accepted but it wasn't me 🤣
Thanks Paul for this video!! Your inspiration to all of us who enjoy making stuff from wood.
Never seen the technique with the chisel after you were part way done the peg. Love it
Wonderful and acurte work
Paul,
You are very, very secure in your job. Those films are never boring. Please explain more technics.
Huub, Bali - Indonesia.
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i have seen all of Mr Paul sellers videos but This is the first time i see him using block plane 👌😎✨
Hi Paul, I do not know if any one else picked it up, but when you were setting out the markings for the different chisel widths, you took the measurements of the next chisel width from the previous one and not the datum or first pin. this would have made each increment the width of the sum of the last chisel plus the new one.
thank you MASTER for teaching us !!!
Haver been waiting for this video since april when you annouced it on IG, thanks for sharing.
Love your work Paul and I shall have a go at making this marking tool.....
You Sir are a great Teacher, THANK YOU.
For anyone like myself that can’t drill a straight hole without assistance for whatever reason, a doweling jig is ideal to make pilot holes for larger holes or a guide for sizes that you have guides for. I plan on using the dowelmax to align that hole for the long pin or I will never get one made