I am so glad you have given this essential tool such a makeover. 😀 l have tools from my Dad and another old friend who taught me to use tools. Passed on tools mean a great deal and affection for the work and the receiver are passed on. 👏👏😀🌈👏👏👏
I have an old Stanley square and use it quite often when cutting wood for smaller projects! Comes in very handy. Now after watching this, I might clean it up and do a total restoration! LOL! Thanks for sharing!
I bought a Brown and Sharp combination square with center head and protractor in 73 and still use them. I'm sure your friend will be happy to have it. It's never a waste of time to put a tool back in service. Great video DJ
I have a couple of these that i use for metal working and woodworking. One is a Brown and Sharpe and the other is a Starrett. They are very precise. Nice clean up DJ
I don’t think it was a waste of time. You gave an old tool a new life and I’m sure your friend will appreciate it. Plus it was enjoyable watching you clean it up. Great cleanup! 👍
When I was in the structural steel business I used one almost every day. I had to replace the rule because I wore it so much I could barely read it anymore. Still use it in my home shop all the time.
I used a Stanley in the iron shop, from 1977 to 1982. Stanley made quality tools back then, and I still use that square today. BTW, this was before the advent of speed squares.
There’s two nubs inside the square that the rule slide along and they can wear unevenly. Have your buddy go in with a file or sandpaper on Popsicle stick to recalibrate the square. Nice vid!
A lot of these machine shop tools have a paint like coating called “Japaning”. It is typically black although one of mine is green, and it is baked on with kind of a pebbly finish and tough as it can be. FYI that little hole in the end is supposed to have a scribe that screws into the frame and the threads are sometime proprietary so a scribe may not thread in.
It's a rare moment to find one of these in a Thrift Shop with the scribe still present. One of the first things to disappear and the second is the spring that goes with the locking knob!!
Interesting how different people have different needs. For example I use one of these squares almost everyday. But I am an amateur woodworker so a speed square is not always accurate enough. I spend more time measuring and laying out projects than I do cutting. I think I have 3 of these, one cheap Chinese one medium quality and an expensive starret.
I have 4 spanning 75 years of age and I use them all the time... I do a lot of intricate marks on things that a tape measure or speed square can't handle... So video wise still enjoyable
I have one I don't use but I can't find maker's mark and the main body has no rust it seems to be lead anyway it a family heirloom so I'm going to start out with Evaporust on the ruler part
