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2. Square (tool) - Wikipedia

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   Pens, pencils, scribes, drawing boards, and plum bobs. 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 ...

3. Combination square - Wikipedia

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   Type of square. Inventor. Laroy S. Starrett (1877) A combination square is a multi-purpose measuring and marking tool used in metalworking, woodworking, and stonemasonry. It is composed of a rule and one or more interchangeable heads that can be attached to the rule. [1][2] Other names for the tool include adjustable square, combo square, and ...

4. Try square - Wikipedia

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   A try square or try-square is a woodworking tool used for marking and checking 90° angles on pieces of wood. Though woodworkers use many different types of square, the try square is considered one of the essential tools for woodworking. [1] The square in the name refers to the 90° angle. To try a piece of wood is to check if the edges and ...

5. Woodworking - Wikipedia

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   Woodworking. Wooden house with wooden furniture, spinning wheel, loom and various tools. Artists can use woodworking to create delicate sculptures. Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.

6. Sliding T bevel - Wikipedia

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   A sliding T bevel, also known as a bevel gauge or false square[1] is an adjustable gauge for setting and transferring angles. Different from the square, which is fixed and can only set a 90° angle, the sliding T bevel can set any angle and transfer it on another piece. The bevel gauge is composed of two elements connected with a thumbscrew or ...

7. Speed square - Wikipedia

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   A speed square, also called a rafter square, rafter angle square, and triangle square, is a multi-purpose triangular carpenters' tool used for marking out. Its functions encompass many of those offered by combination squares, try squares, and framing squares. Carpenters use it to make basic measurements and mark lines on dimensional lumber, and ...