For Hackaday readers who spend more time with a soldering iron than a saw, a marking gauge is a tool used to put parallel lines on a piece of wood (and occasionally metal or plastic) for cutting.

PATENT PENDING - ROLL STOP FENCE WITH FLAT SPOT - woodworking tasks with a high-end wheel marking gauge, which will help you lay out lines parallel to a flat wood surface with max precision ...

Clearly marking out the material you wish to remove is an important step in the process. Using the try square under the blade, mark out on the wood the waste area you plan to remove. It is ...