re: Marking Gauge

Agree on the wax, but I generally use tung oil or linseed oil on my shop-made tools. If I do wax, it’s with a carnauba wax on the buffer, but I generally don’t wax things for my own desert shop, because the static electricity generated at the buffer means dust in the wax before it’s had a chance to harden.

I like the beam oriented that way! Thanks for pointing it out.