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CARPENTERS STEEL SQUARE [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
CONT

The size of a carpenter's steel square ... is usually 12 inches x 8 inches, 24 inches x 16 inches, or 24 inches x 18 inches. The flat sides of the blade and the tongue are graduated in inches and fractions of an inch.... The most common uses for this square are laying out and squaring up large patterns, and for testing the flatness and squareness of large surface

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
Key term(s)
  • équerre de menuisier

Spanish

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