| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
Coke-in-MN 
Orange Level Access
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Afton MN
Points: 41213
|
 Post Options
 Thanks(2)
 Quote  Reply
 Topic: Carpenters Square - what and how
Posted: 29 Jan 2022 at 11:57am |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej1D5Bxqmjo&t=645s
Using a carpenters square - what the numbers are used for . Trueing a square
|
|
Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something.
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
|
 |
|
Sponsored Links
|
|
|
Hubert (Ga)engine7
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Jackson Cnty,GA
Points: 6128
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 30 Jan 2022 at 6:37pm |
|
Thanks for sharing, Coke. I am definitely not on the top of my game in using squares. I picked up some good pointers from that video.
|
|
Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
|
|
JW in MO
Orange Level
Joined: 16 Feb 2010
Location: South KC Area
Points: 2595
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 31 Jan 2022 at 9:40am |
|
I learned in high school wood shop how to true a square and always check one before any project. Bet nobody that graduated in the last 20 can claim the same.
|
|
Maximum use of available resources!
|
|
jaybmiller
Orange Level Access
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Greensville,Ont
Points: 21502
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 31 Jan 2022 at 10:43am |
I learned ,the hard way, that my 4' level wasn't level...... addition is still standing though after 35 years....
|
|
3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)
Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water
|
|
Thad in AR.
Orange Level Access
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Arkansas
Points: 9275
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 31 Jan 2022 at 11:13am |
|
I do S this video shows quite often but I always check the square with a 3-4-5 method if I find discrepancies.
Doesn’t take much of a hump or dip in material to throw the square off.
|
|
Coke-in-MN
Orange Level Access
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Afton MN
Points: 41213
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 31 Jan 2022 at 4:58pm |
|
Hot to bring it back to square was a tip I had not seen before , guess always felt it was a tool and would stay where needed - then seen a lot of them at garage sales = probably why - go buy a new one - give the problem to someone else .
3/4/5 is how I squared up excavations when digging footings or a basement - set up batten board corner 3 ft back from excavation and do measurements - depth became a one person job once I bought a laser transit = way back I used a optical transit but had story pole fitted with a 60p pole barn spike to hold it while I optically shot depth.
|
|
Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something.
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
|
|
FREEDGUY
Orange Level Access
Joined: 15 Apr 2017
Location: South West Mich
Points: 5391
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 01 Feb 2022 at 5:55pm |
 jaybmiller wrote:
I learned ,the hard way, that my 4' level wasn't level...... addition is still standing though after 35 years....
|
It must have been a STANLY level  . Not sure when that brand took it in the diapers, but I will NEVER purchase a tool with the STANLY name on it  !!
|
|
shameless dude
Orange Level
Joined: 10 Apr 2017
Location: east NE
Points: 13611
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 01 Feb 2022 at 11:05pm |
|
the combo squares is what i'm always checking, since the slider part wiggles when the nut is loosened, for short markings it's fine, but not for anything past about 2 inches.
|
|
