Come on guys,
I had myself talked out of buying the 26" square because of the cost and now I'm thinking of buying both of the sizes!

And I don't think I have the 1281 either.  And all the new Festool tools will be out soon. Let's see, what to sell, what to sell??

Tom

Tom,  The only thing you sell is furniture or cabinets, not tools

Jack

It is a Woodpeckers One Time Tool and only sold directly through them. In fact most of their items are sold directly  I have only seen a few offered elsewhere.

As to the pencil holes in the 26" Framing Square?  I don't think they would work nearly as well in that. Would run into problems when flipping it over etc.  Plus the short leg  would run real far off the end of a piece when drawing a line  through the holes making it awkward to draw to the end of a work piece.  The holes work great in the items they are offererd in though. BTW a .9mm lead mechanical pencil  fills the hole almost completely keeping the line fom wandering at all as opposed to .7mm or .5mm lead.

The only One Time Tools that you can still order are the Framing Squares.

Personally I have not found the MDF cases to be all that useful. They could be put in drawers to keep the tools from moving around, but take a lot of extra space. They could be wall hung, but I found that hanging the item on a peg board hook gave me a better (less likely to drop it) grip than getting it out of the case, and is quicker.  Guess it just depends on how you set things up.

Seth

I received an e-mail from Woodpeckers regarding the pencil holes in the Framing squares (18"&26"): they are not going to offer them due to cost plus the same problems that Seth mentioned. I am ordering the large one in metric measure.

I agree with Seth the MDF cases are a nice idea but way too heavy  and take up too much space to be used daily. In a shop I would pad a drawer with foam and fit several rules/squares into the same space that one Square in their 3 lbs of MDF takes up. If I had the wall space Hooks are the way to go.

If they used a plastic instead of MDF it sure would make more sense to me, to save cost shipping these things.

Working on location..... the MDF is a waste too heavy and too big to ever take to the site.

Cheers,
Steve

Tom,

Not knowing manufacturing costs, other than the price of aluminum has gone up, it seems worth it to me since I first got mine and used it since last year.  Especially comparing it to prices for items from Festool.  The only part that I'm unsure about is the MDF storage case.  It does it's job protecting it, not sure whether it's worth the price or if there would be a better alternative for me like a large flat systainer called the FlaxiSys 1. 

Has anyone received their square yet.  Just double checked Woodpeckers site and it says these are shipping in August... only two more days in the month and I haven't received any confirmation yet

I just called (since I also had an order) - the imperials are still shipping, and the metrics are going to get engraved in early September.

I received mine about a week ago and am very happy with it.  It should provide a lifetime of unerring precision which is exactly what I had hoped for.

 Mine is scheduled to arrive tomorrow.   

I picked mine up from the Post Office a couple weeks ago after calling Woodpecker. I remembered that they were supposed to ship out in August. By the first week of September I hadn't gotten it or an email so I called Woodpecker. They said they had shipped it in the middle of August. Went to the Post Office and asked if they had anything for me. After waiting at the counter a bit the woman came out with it. Turns out it had been laying in the back somewhere for a couple weeks.
Very nice square. Only used it a few times so far to verify and square up some cuts on the MFT. Considering the weight you could always use it as a weapon in a pinch.

I received mine a few weeks ago. Overall, it's very nice...got quite a heft to it and well constructed. The only ding I have against it is that the numbers and markings aren't etched or stamped into the aluminum. It's more of a screen or printing so I see over time this may not last and for a tool designed for a lifetime of use that seems less than ideal.

Finally got mine! I was a bit disappointed the markings weren't etched as well.

By the way.  The cap screws will loosen and you won't notice and it will mess you up.   It's a nightmare getting the plates "prefect" again.  So tighten them periodically whether they need it or not.  

That's good to know, I'm glad to hear that! Any chance, the engraving can be made deeper, it's nice to have that tactile feel on at least the main markers points (like at every 10mmm or 1" in length)?

Thanks for the tip fshanno....will keep that in mind.