Try square

Try square
A try square with a steel blade rivetted into a wooden stock faced with brass.
Other names
  • Gallows square
  • Joiners square
Classification
Used withPencil, pen, marking knife

A try square or try-square is a woodworking tool used for marking and checking 90° angles on pieces of wood. Though woodworkers use many different types of square, the try square is considered one of the essential tools for woodworking.[1]

The square in the name refers to the 90° angle. To try a piece of wood is to check if the edges and faces are straight, flat, and square to one another.[2] A try square is so called because it is used to try how square the workpiece is.[3]

  1. ^ Schwarz, Christopher (2011). The Anarchist's Tool Chest. Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, USA: Lost Art Press LLC. pp. 142–144, 464. ISBN 978-0-578-08413-8. OCLC 875304703.
  2. ^ Thiel, David (2007). Hand Tool Essentials: Refine Your Power Tool Projects With Hand Tool Techniques (1st ed.). Cincinnati, Ohio, USA: Popular Woodworking Books. pp. 180–183. ISBN 978-1-55870-815-0. OCLC 76871452.
  3. ^ Garrett, Hack; Sheldon, John S (1999). Classic Hand Tools. Newton, CT: Taunt on Press. p. 46. ISBN 1561582735.