CARPENTERS SQUARE 600X400X2.0 CARBON STEEL

Material: Carbon steel
Blade length:600mm
Tongue length: 400mm
Thickness: 2.0mm
Angle: 90°

Application:

The Carpenter's square is also known as a steel square and it is used formeasurements, especially right angles. The square consists of a long arm and and a shorter one that areperpendicular to each other at exactly 90°.

The long arm is referred as the blade of the square and theshorter arm is referred to as the tongue when the carpenter'ssquare is being used in timber frame joinery.

The Carpenter's square is used for:

• The laying out of rafters according to a rafter table.
• The laying out of treads and risers on a stringer when staircasesare being framed.
• Measuring and marking out mortise and tenons in timber frame joinery.

NOTE:
The Carpenter's square is a measuring instrument and care should be taken whenstoring and handling the square.