Starret square, Shinwa rule, Shinwa square and Stanley marking knife. All great! 👌
1 week ago | 0
My genuine Starrett 12" combination square. It was a birthday gift from a girlfriend! I'm not sure how she decided to buy it, but I've used that tool on EVERY woodworking project since I received it. Works as well today as it did when I received it 20 years ago.
6 months ago | 0
My parents had (ugh, the regret that this is past tense!) a tape measure that was also a speed square. It may have also had a single spirit level window on one side, but that could also be wishful thinking on my part. It was super shiny silver and was basically a triangle with the tips clipped off. It had a right angle, and opposite that is where the tape measure pulled out. The tape lock toggle was red and almost unnecessarily satisfying to use. It felt absolutely enormous in my childhood hands, but it probably was actually "only" in the 4-6" range per side - still big for a tape measure, but nicely compact for a combination tool! I have no idea what brand made it, but it got a LOT of use, and it was a sad day when the end of the tape measure broke off and it partially unwound and jammed inside the casing. My dad keeps damn near everything, but unfortunately I don't think that's still hanging out in a box somewhere waiting for him to get around to fixing it. I'd love to find a replacement for them as kind of a novelty joke present, but no luck so far. This would've been in the late 80s to mid 90s, but the tool itself couldve been older.
6 months ago | 2
When I bought my house, there was a junk drawer filled with small hand tools and things from the 60s. There was a oiler with something similar to WD-40 in it and a small Western Auto tape measure. The tape is only a 10 footer but is small enough to fit in a back pocket. I kept those two things. 25 years later, they still get used regularly. The oiler is especially useful because it's not an aerosol. I fill it and dab the oil anywhere it's needed. The tape measure is metric and standard also. I wish I could find an all steel, retractable tape of this quality today.
6 months ago (edited) | 0
My Kreg Multimark. You talked about it in one of your under $20 videos (I had sent the suggestion). I still love it. Bill
6 months ago | 0
Really an underrated tool since most carpenters use a speed square nowadays. But lots of clever tasks you can use this tool for. Old ones used to come with a scrawl.
6 months ago | 2
My inner teenager is REALLY struggling to suppress an obvious two-word response.
6 months ago | 0
My set of steel rules combination metric/inch. I work in metric in the shop the majority of the time, but having inch available is important, especially if I'm helping other folks . Runner up is my digital caliper. Second runner up is my Fastcap tape, also dual scale.
6 months ago | 0
My 6" combination is my favorite i have several of them so I can set them up and touch em til I'm done with my project
6 months ago | 0
I’d say I use my 6” Starrett rule more than any other measuring tool. Tape measure is close of course, and a set of cheap calipers (I’m not a machinist anymore 😏)
6 months ago | 0
I’ve got one exactly like that! It is a classic design/tool. Unfortunately, I haven’t learned the skills necessary to use mine correctly. But I’ve always been drawn to the design.
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I’d say combination squares in general. I have an old pair of 6” ones that I’ve used for years
6 months ago
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I probably use a tape measure more than any other single tool. I've owned a combination square for years. Very versatile tool. I recently put together a toolbox for my 16 year old son. Which includes a combination square amongst other tools.
6 months ago
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Fix This Build That
What's your favorite meauring/layout tool? Mines gotta be my grandfather's old combination square.
Let me know yours!
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