Set of Two Beechwood Try Squares
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27 February 2014 at 10:10 pm #28409
Hi,
Today I just quick checked local Lee Valley, for guys who interested in Set of Two Beechwood Try Squares 21.50$. Just quickly checked 2 squares and they not that square((. Well of course you can adjust them but still. Sorry for quality of pictures.
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They are made to British Standard 939 Grade B, which allows up to 0.001″ deviation per inch over the length of the blade.
How would you adjust the square? Pounding on the brass pins?
I would love to use a traditional try-square, but I haven’t found one that I can afford that is actually square.
28 February 2014 at 12:57 am #28422I have got a couple of try squares neither of them is square had them for years.
The thing is they are really nice when you register against your wood.
You can tap them about a little to try and make square but mine are so far off just would not work. I sometimes use them for rough work .
Most of my working life I have used combination square.
Recently I bought some engineer squares.
I quite like them when working on smaller pieces. Also good for checking squareness of plane iron and chisels.[quote quote=28422]Recently I bought some engineer squares.
I quite like them when working on smaller pieces. Also good for checking squareness of plane iron and chisels.[/quote]When I attended a WW class in college, they had us buy a 6″ engineer square instead of a combination square. I still have that square, but it no longer seems to be in square. Perhaps it has been dropped or banged around too much in the past 25 years.
Jim Kingshott recommended Engineer Squares in one of his DVDs.
Scott, this square is probably 30 years old. I was a machinist as a young pup and bought a good many Starrett tools. I still have all of them and I swiped this square out of my machinist box along with a few other useful things when I started going the hand tool rout..
28 February 2014 at 12:25 pm #28445I have had a 12″ Starrett from my construction days as a sheetmetal apprentice and journeyman. Almost 40 years ago, yikes!
It is still precise and I use it several times a day.
This is one tool you should not skimp on as you need a good one and it should be treated like your favorite hand plane.
Paul talks about precision layout and just watch how many times he uses his tri-sqaure.
You need something that you can count on for those precision layouts, that is repeatable and will not compound an earlier layout error.
Serhly, these are my favourites, they are inexpensive and dead on accurate. The only issue is they don’t have a 45.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=32601&cat=1,42936,42941&ap=1
28 February 2014 at 7:40 pm #28458Thanks for respond guys, my point was just let you know they not accurate)
Thanks Dave I have one of this, and you are right they inexpensive and accurate.
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