Squaring a Carpenter Square

[peter halle]

Very often here questions come up about what square is the most accurate.  Numerous brands are mentioned and the costs for those can be considerable.  I would venture a guess that many do not know that the lowly carpenter square available for generally a reasonable sum of money from any hardware or big box store can be adjusted to square.  Many other squares can't.  Here is a video that shows in part the squaring process in the timeline of 1:30 - 7:50.



Peter

 

[Theshipstore]

Peter.  My Father taught me this method for framing squares when I was in my teens. He was a fanatic about his squares so much so that they had there own homemade case for storage in the truck...
Bought back memories for sure

Sal

 

[Jaybolishes]

  I wish I had heard of this method a long time ago.  What I find funny is how they put all this effort in making all these scales for rafters and so on, which very few people probably use except for professional contractors, yet fail at producing  a product which can to do what most people buy it for in the first place, being a true square.  That's pretty important, especially when you extend a line off of that un-square line.  Thanks for posting Peter.

 

[adugas]

Thank for posting Peter, i was unaware you could even do that. However I did find a video awhile ago about squaring a combination square. The guy who made the video is also a canadian who has tonnes of other small shop tips to help you out and mostly done with little or no budget.

CHeers

 

[tbellemare]

I think I posted previously that I have my Dad's old square and it has been peened a few times...

Tom

 

[gkaiseril]

Thanks for the videos. One should regularly check their measuring and leveling tools to make sure they are square and true.

I like the plastic speed squares since they can be planed into alignment.

I feel even the digital tools need to be checked and reset as needed.