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2. Square (tool) - Wikipedia

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   A square is a tool used for marking and referencing a 90° angle, though mitre squares are used for 45° angles. Squares see common use in woodworking, metalworking, construction and technical drawing. [1] Some squares incorporate a scale for measuring distances (a ruler) or for calculating angles.

3. Try square - Wikipedia

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   Using a try square to mark lines perpendicular to the edge. Using a try square to check if the full length of a board is square. The stock is usually held against the edge of the workpiece and either side of the tongue is then used as a straight edge for making a mark, or as a reference to check the accuracy of an angle.

4. Hand truck - Wikipedia

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   A hand truck. A hand truck, also known as a hand trolley, dolly, stack truck, trundler, box cart, sack barrow, cart, sack truck, two wheeler, or bag barrow, is an L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand truck is upright. [1]

5. Ruler - Wikipedia

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   A variety of rulers A carpenter's rule Retractable flexible rule or tape measure A closeup of a steel ruler A ruler in combination with a letter scale. A ruler, sometimes called a rule, scale or a line gauge or metre/meter stick, is an instrument used to make length measurements, whereby a length is read from a series of markings called "rules" along an edge of the device. [1]

6. Wheel clamp - Wikipedia

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   The Denver Sheriff ran the "Boot Trucks" for many years until the detail was transferred to Denver Parking Management. The best known wheel clamp in the UK is the 'London Wheel Clamp'. The designer, Trevor Whitehouse filed the patent in 1991. [13] He originally called the device the 'Preston', after his home town in Lancashire.

7. Clamp (tool) - Wikipedia

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   Hand clamp [1] Handscrew (upper right in the top photo) Holdfast, a bench clamp for holding things to a bench top or side The bench forms the fixed jaw. Magnetic clamp (see Magnetic base) Mitre clamp; Pipe clamp (top of the top photo) Sash clamp (a specialized, long form of bar clamp) Set screw; Spring clamp (first item of third row in photo ...

8. Speed square - Wikipedia

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   Common lines made using a speed square include perpendicular cut marks and Angles definition of an angle for roofs, stairways, and decks. The tool uses a 0° reference. This means when a board is squared off the tool reads 0°. The angle derived is actually a complementary angle, for example a 22.5° angle is actually 67.5°. The sum of the ...

9. Technical drawing tool - Wikipedia

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   A scale ruler is a scaled, three-edged ruler which has six different scales marked to its sides. A typical combination for building details is 1:20, 1:50, 1:100, 1:25, 1:75 and 1:125. There are separate rulers for zoning work as well as for inch units. Today scale rulers are made of plastic, formerly they were made of hardwood. A pocket-sized ...