Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Tiny "Framing" Square Source?
Mark Meier (Ann Arbor, MI)
>I was looking in Andy Rae's book on hand tools yesterday and saw a cool little layout tool. It looked like a framing square except MUCH smaller. Essentially it is about 1/16" thick steel ruler that's "L" shaped. The sides were about 6" and 3" or so. So, it's not actually a framing square but just a nifty layout tool.
Anyone that can visualize what I'm talking about know of a source for such a thing?
Thanks,
Mark
Re: Tiny "Framing" Square Source?
Andy Lincoln
>Mark,
I haven't an answer to your question but can offer up that Andy Rae will be a special guest in the WoodCentral Chat room ,Sunday night at 9:30,hopefully he can answer directly.
Andy Lincoln
Re: Tiny "Framing" Square Source? *LINK*
Tim
>It is twice as long as what you are thinking:
12 x 6 is the smaller one.
Hida Tools small framer
Re: Tiny "Framing" Squares, 3 links
David Barnett - Venice, FL
>I'd be lost without these. There are several sources, but I'll list three, because they offer several sizes.
MSC http://www.mscdirect.com/MSCCatLookup2.process?MSC
ProdID=06507552,
but go to page 1353 to see others (you do not want flat squares with bevel edge, btw)
http://www.mscdirect.com/PDF.process?pdf=1353
TALAS, New York
http://nt.bnt.com/talas/menu.html?category=161&start_index=6
Karl Fischer GmbH, Pforzheim
http://www.fischer-pforzheim.de/
Select the English index (they also speak English, of course). These are on page 205 in my catalog. This is where I got mine, so I thought I'd include it as it's probably cheaper for anyone spending Euros. Also, I think it's somewhat thinner* than the MSC squares, but that's just from comparing to the MSC catalog picture. Either way, it's dead on.
Even thinner ones can be had from art & framing supply houses, but I have find these to be less accurate and overpriced.
Lee Valley Tools
John Pappas
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Re: Tiny "Framing" Square Source?
Charles Warren
>Starrett makes a Thin Steel Try Square for machinists with machine-divided graduations on both sides and on inner and outer edges in 16ths and 32nds. Blades are 6" and 4" and it is 1/16" thick. Part#21
Here it is: *LINK*
Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL
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Starrett #21 Thin Steel Try Square