Square for fabrication

[Andrew]

Can anyone recommend a decent, chunky square for the workshop. Most of them are too small to use on heavy walled box due to the roll on the corners and the small size of the square.

 

[Vincent]

Starrett make a pretty decent one just bought one recently.

 

[Tubbylew]

http://www.r-techwelding.co.uk/welding-equipment/lasquare/

I reckon on trying one of these for the next fabricobbling project.

 

[joe soapy]

8x4 sheet 18mm ply, cut diagonaly, lay 1 half over the other overlapping by 4 inchesand cut round it

 

[Dave W]

You should've posted this in bodges thread. Just for a laugh

 

[Andrew]

You should've posted this in bodges thread. Just for a laugh

That was crossing my mind when I posted it......

 

[Dave W]

That was crossing my mind when I posted it......

They ask if you wanted the 4lb square or the sledge square

 

[Bob c]

Can anyone recommend a decent, chunky square for the workshop. Most of them are too small to use on heavy walled box due to the roll on the corners and the small size of the square.

two bits of angle with a brace across

o forgot ,....you need a square to make this

 

[spanners and hammers]

if its a big corner just ,,measure, 3 ,, 4 ,, 5,,

 

[phillipe]

roofing square

 

[roscoe erf]

Can anyone recommend a decent, chunky square for the workshop. Most of them are too small to use on heavy walled box due to the roll on the corners and the small size of the square.

made my own

 

[Shovelhands]

This, LaSquare, not cheap, I haven't treated myself to one yet....maybe Christmas time...but they look the biz

Edit, sorry, just realised @Tubbylew beat me to it

 

[PostHarvest]

Would an American style Rafter Square do the job? Screwfix does several sizes from 6 inch to 12 inch at prices from £10 to £20. Toolstation and B & Q do something very similar but cheaper

 

[Shovelhands]

I bought a nice big aluminium framing square from Screwfix once, just the job I thought .....when I got it home, it took all of 30 seconds to realise it wasn't square!...I took it back, the guy got me another one off the shelf, and I showed him and all the customers in the store that that wasn't square either!
When I asked him what was the point of selling a square that wasn't square?...he was very confused...

 

[Mursal]

Few bits of 2x1 screwed together, light weight yet, nice and big ..............
But does it have to be "dead on"

 

[joe soapy]

I bought a nice big aluminium framing square from Screwfix once, just the job I thought .....when I got it home, it took all of 30 seconds to realise it wasn't square!...I took it back, the guy got me another one off the shelf, and I showed him and all the customers in the store that that wasn't square either!
When I asked him what was the point of selling a square that wasn't square?...he was very confused...

just the job for me, i can never cut anything square, so following that one a mistake might be exact

 

[RLC]

Get any decent profiling firm to make you one exactly as you want. Their machines won't lie. Nice piece of stainless!.....bobs your uncle!....

 

[Pan mixer]

I bought a nice big aluminium framing square from Screwfix once, just the job I thought .....when I got it home, it took all of 30 seconds to realise it wasn't square!...I took it back, the guy got me another one off the shelf, and I showed him and all the customers in the store that that wasn't square either!
When I asked him what was the point of selling a square that wasn't square?...he was very confused...

At the risk of wandering... I was in a competitor of the above named store and looked at big spirit levels, I had to try 5 from the same batch to find one that said the racking in the store was upright.

To answer OP, use your little square to fabricate a bigger square our of angle iron, you can even cut the corner out to allow welding there, the angle is perfect to g-clamp the metal when fabricating too.

 

[davieh3350]

At the risk of wandering... I was in a competitor of the above named store and looked at big spirit levels, I had to try 5 from the same batch to find one that said the racking in the store was upright.

To answer OP, use your little square to fabricate a bigger square our of angle iron, you can even cut the corner out to allow welding there, the angle is perfect to g-clamp the metal when fabricating too.

Perhaps the racking wasn't plumb and you got a duff one....

 

[Philip Watkins]

At the risk of wandering... I was in a competitor of the above named store and looked at big spirit levels, I had to try 5 from the same batch to find one that said the racking in the store was upright.

.....

Perhaps the 5 were correct and the racking wasn't upright