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The Stanley No. 1 Odd Jobs was a tool produced by the Stanley Works from 1888 to the 1930s. [1] It combined features of sundry tools, in a single pocketable tool, including: Try square; Mitre square; T-square; Marking gauge; Mortise gauge; Depth gauge; Mitre level; Spirit level and plumb; Beam compass; Inside square
Labelled diagram of the protractor head. The protractor head can be used for: Measuring and checking angles between surfaces, edges, and markings. Marking angles from an edge; Directly transferring angles, like a bevel gauge (sliding T gauge), to minimise measurement errors and inaccuracies.
A miter square or mitre square is a hand tool used in woodworking and metalworking for marking and checking angles other than 90°. Most miter squares are for marking and checking 45° angles and its supplementary angle, 135°. [1] [2] A miter is a bevelled edge – usually 45° – used, for example, for making miter joints for woodworking. [2]
A mitre box or miter box (American English) is a wood working appliance used to guide a hand saw for making precise cuts, usually 45° mitre cuts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Traditional mitre boxes are simple in construction and made of wood, while adjustable mitre boxes are made of metal and can be adjusted for cutting any angle from 45° to 90°.
Mitre bevel A mitre bevel is an historic mitre square of a similar design to the Melencolia try square. [15] Mitre square: A mitre square is used in woodworking to mark and measure 45° angles and its supplementary angle, 135°. The most common type (pictured) has a tongue set at 45° to the stock.
On some squares the top of the stock is angled at 45°, so the square can be used as a mitre square for marking and checking 45° angles. A similar type of square is the engineer's square, used in metalworking and by some woodworkers. The blade is made with both a steel blade and a steel stock and is usually manufactured to a higher degree of ...
Albert J. Swanson invented the "A" Speed Square in 1925 as a carpenter's layout tool. He later founded the Swanson Tool Company to mass produce his invention. [3] Today, the Swanson Tool Company still manufactures and distributes the Speed Square and other carpentry tools from its headquarters in Frankfort, Illinois.
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