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6" Walnut and Maple Try-Square

John Morris

By John Morris

I got in the shop a little and decided to make my own layout tools, starting with the ever so useful 6" square. Since it's the most used size in my work, it's a good jumping off point. Then I'll create a smaller 3" followed up by a few larger squares. I love how this one feels, and you know what? No more accidental scratching or marring of wood surfaces like you may get with steel squares.

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  • Taken with Motorola XT1080
  • Focal Length 4.5 mm
  • Exposure Time 3332/100000
  • Aperture f/2.4
  • ISO Speed 640
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FlGatorwood Grand Master

FlGatorwood

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size?  Leg and arm?

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    • Gunny Grand Master

    Gunny

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    Looks good.  I am going to ask the odd question, why does it have curves at the top?

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    • Gene Howe Grand Master

    Gene Howe

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    It's the handiest piece of scrap he had.

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    John Morris Grand Master

    John Morris

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    On 1/5/2020 at 5:51 PM, FlGatorwood said:

    size?  Leg and arm?

    Steve, I'll get that for ya! Thanks for your interest.

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    John Morris Grand Master

    John Morris

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    On 1/5/2020 at 5:54 PM, Woodbutcherbynight said:

    Looks good.  I am going to ask the odd question, why does it have curves at the top?

    In my case Gunny I shaped the curves in for style, it just looks cool, but the root of the style is for custom curved profiles in the work you are performing, you can use the profiled end(s) for scribing curves etc into your work.

    Here is a great example of that purpose.

    try square.jpg

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