Toolstation : Engineers Square
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As I'm learning more and getting a little better this has played on my mind a bit, If i don't start from straight what chance have I got? So i looked at this thread with interest. Then I thought. Why torture yourself again?
In order. My Grandfathers square. A Moore and Wright i picked up off ebay as part of a joblot with calipers, dividers etc.£8 for the lot. The two new kinex ones from Workshop Heaven arrived today) , I knew one of the old ones was out. I just didnt know which. Now I do, the Moore and Wright, battered as it may be is still on the job. Remarkably so to be honest. My Grandfathers one, not so much. Now i only have my poor skills to blame for my shoddy work. But at least I know. Nothing beats certainty when you're a bit hazy to start with. For the extra £20 odd I know I have a right angle. Time will tell whether my skills are up to justifying it. Probably not.
Regards as always
Chris
In order. My Grandfathers square. A Moore and Wright i picked up off ebay as part of a joblot with calipers, dividers etc.£8 for the lot. The two new kinex ones from Workshop Heaven arrived today) , I knew one of the old ones was out. I just didnt know which. Now I do, the Moore and Wright, battered as it may be is still on the job. Remarkably so to be honest. My Grandfathers one, not so much. Now i only have my poor skills to blame for my shoddy work. But at least I know. Nothing beats certainty when you're a bit hazy to start with. For the extra £20 odd I know I have a right angle. Time will tell whether my skills are up to justifying it. Probably not.
Regards as always
Chris
transatlantic
Boom!
Just picked up a 150mmx100mm (DIN 875/1) Kinex square from Work Shop Heaven. Comparing this to the tool station ones, they seem bang on.
So assuming the Kinex one is accurate. Looks like the toolstation ones were a damn good deal.
So assuming the Kinex one is accurate. Looks like the toolstation ones were a damn good deal.
A result then! Fair play.
Having said that and at the risk of coming across the wrong way (I really don't mean too), I'm still glad I went for the Kinex ones. I'm no woodworker yet by a stretch but I'd say my most used tool is a combination square. I wish I'd paid for one decent one years ago. Instead, I've made do, guessed, upgraded a little, guessed again. In the end I bought a 'woodworkers' combination square (Moore and Wright) that has a heft, and is more than accurate for what I'm capable of producing. Just wonder that if I was to start again it wouldn't be better economics to smash the budget on one or two precision gauges and then have them for life. I dunno. Each to their own, in the end I guess it comes down to experience and technical ability. There's people on here who could discern a 'right' angle by eye better than I could with all the most expensive tools in the world to hand. Glad it worked out. And I guess you wont be needing that Kinex now? Wanna sell it?
Regards as always
Chris
Having said that and at the risk of coming across the wrong way (I really don't mean too), I'm still glad I went for the Kinex ones. I'm no woodworker yet by a stretch but I'd say my most used tool is a combination square. I wish I'd paid for one decent one years ago. Instead, I've made do, guessed, upgraded a little, guessed again. In the end I bought a 'woodworkers' combination square (Moore and Wright) that has a heft, and is more than accurate for what I'm capable of producing. Just wonder that if I was to start again it wouldn't be better economics to smash the budget on one or two precision gauges and then have them for life. I dunno. Each to their own, in the end I guess it comes down to experience and technical ability. There's people on here who could discern a 'right' angle by eye better than I could with all the most expensive tools in the world to hand. Glad it worked out. And I guess you wont be needing that Kinex now? Wanna sell it?
Regards as always
Chris
transatlantic
Boom!
Bm101":1sg2uq1w said:A result then! Fair play.
Having said that and at the risk of coming across the wrong way (I really don't mean too), I'm still glad I went for the Kinex ones. I'm no woodworker yet by a stretch but I'd say my most used tool is a combination square. I wish I'd paid for one decent one years ago. Instead, I've made do, guessed, upgraded a little, guessed again. In the end I bought a 'woodworkers' combination square (Moore and Wright) that has a heft, and is more than accurate for what I'm capable of producing. Just wonder that if I was to start again it wouldn't be better economics to smash the budget on one or two precision gauges and then have them for life. I dunno. Each to their own, in the end I guess it comes down to experience and technical ability. There's people on here who could discern a 'right' angle by eye better than I could with all the most expensive tools in the world to hand. Glad it worked out. And I guess you wont be needing that Kinex now? Wanna sell it?
Regards as always
Chris
Nah - I completely agree with you!
In this case, the risk wasn't really worth it. I think most people can afford £17 (Kinex) verse £7 (ToolStation). For me, buying cheaps tools has been a false economy 95% of the time (things I have bought off ebay that aren't worth returning). It just happened to work out well this time. I took the risk because I knew they were easy to retun, I live right next to a ToolStation (and a screwfix).
I still want the Kinex, as I don't have that particular size. Plus, it'll be my reference square!
Phil Pascoe
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This is open to debate but I read ages ago that the British Standard for squares applies to the inside not the outside of the square. Of course most woodworkers probably use the outside just as much.
