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Two-Point Marking Gauge from a Pipe Tee and Wing Bolt (Boy Mechanic, 1915)
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Two-Point Marking Gauge from a Pipe Tee and Wing Bolt (Boy Mechanic, 1915)

A small scribing gauge built in a 3/8 in pipe tee: two flat steel bars with bent, sharpened points slide through a slot in a wood plug filling the tee, and a wing bolt screwed through a bushing in the side outlet locks them at the set distance.
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Two hours

Amabwiriza

1

Read the Boy Mechanic

"After the points have been drawn out to the right distance, the wing bolt is turned to hold them in that position."
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Tee and bushing

Screw a 3/8 in bushing into the side outlet of a 3/8 in pipe tee and tap the bushing to take a 7/16 in wing bolt.

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Igihuza cy'umuyoboro gifite imiryaIgihuza cy'umuyoboro gifite imirya1 igice
Busheni y'icyumaBusheni y'icyuma1 igice

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Agakoresho ko gukata imizingo y'ibyumaAgakoresho ko gukata imizingo y'ibyuma
Ifatiro ry'AmezaIfatiro ry'Ameza
3

Plug and slot

Drive a tight-fitting wood plug through the run of the tee, grind its ends flush on an emery wheel, and cut a slot 5/16 in square through the plug just under the bushing.

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Ikibaho cy'Igiti GikomeyeIkibaho cy'Igiti Gikomeye1 igice

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Uruziga rwo gusyaUruziga rwo gusya
Ibyuma byo kubazaIbyuma byo kubaza
Umucumita w'IntokiUmucumita w'Intoki
4

Make the points

Cut two pieces of flat steel 1/4 in wide, 1/8 in thick and 1/8 in longer than the tee. Bend the outer end of each at right angles and sharpen it to a point. Fit both in the slot, one from each side.

Ibikoresho by'iyi ntambwe:

Umurongo ugororotse w'icyuma cyoroshyeUmurongo ugororotse w'icyuma cyoroshye1 igice

Ibikoresho bikenewe:

Umucumita w'IbyumaUmucumita w'Ibyuma
Ifatiro ry'AmezaIfatiro ry'Ameza
Amakariso (Ikariso ry'Intoki)Amakariso (Ikariso ry'Intoki)
InyundoInyundo
5

Set and lock

Draw the points out to the distance you want and turn the wing bolt down onto the bars to hold them.
6

Troubleshooting

Pipe-tee gauge troubleshooting.

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History and honest limits

From **The Boy Mechanic, Book 2** (Popular Mechanics, 1915), p. 294, by C. Molloy (checked on the archive.org scan boymechanicbook200chic2). The tool list is ours.

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