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Try square, the Glossary

A try square or try-square is a woodworking tool used for marking and checking 90° angles on pieces of wood.^[1]

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Dimensional instruments
Squares (tool)
Woodworking measuring instruments

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Ancient Egyptian technology

Ancient Egyptian technology describes devices and technologies invented or used in Ancient Egypt.

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Ancient Roman technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices which supported Roman civilization and made possible the expansion of the economy and military of ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD).

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Carpentry

Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc.

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Combination square

A combination square is a multi-purpose measuring and marking tool used in metalworking, woodworking, and stonemasonry. Try square and combination square are Dimensional instruments, squares (tool) and woodworking measuring instruments.

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Doubleday (publisher)

Doubleday is an American publishing company.

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Ebony

Ebony is a dense black/brown hardwood, coming from several species in the genus Diospyros, which also includes the persimmon tree.

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Factory

A factory, manufacturing plant or production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another.

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Feeler gauge

A feeler gauge is a tool used to measure gap widths.

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A file is a tool used to remove fine amounts of material from a workpiece.

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Freemasonry

Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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James the Less

James the Less (Ἰάκωβος ὁ μικρός Iakōbos ho mikros) is a figure of early Christianity.

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Joinery

Joinery is a part of woodworking that involves joining pieces of wood, engineered lumber, or synthetic substitutes (such as laminate), to produce more complex items.

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Machinist square

A machinist square or engineer's square is the metalworkers' equivalent of a try square. Try square and machinist square are squares (tool).

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Marking knife

A marking knife or striking knife is a woodworking layout tool used for accurately marking workpieces. Try square and marking knife are woodworking measuring instruments.

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Miter joint

A miter joint (mitre in British English) is a joint made by cutting each of two parts to be joined, across the main surface, usually at a 45° angle, to form a corner, usually to form a 90° angle, though it can comprise any angle greater than 0 degrees.

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Miter square

A miter square or mitre square is a hand tool used in woodworking and metalworking for marking and checking angles other than 90°. Try square and miter square are squares (tool) and woodworking measuring instruments.

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Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat.

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A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface.

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Right angle

In geometry and trigonometry, a right angle is an angle of exactly 90 degrees or radians corresponding to a quarter turn.

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Rivet

A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener.

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Rosewood

Rosewood is any of a number of richly hued hardwoods, often brownish with darker veining, but found in other colours.

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Sandpaper

Sheets of sandpaper with different grit sizes (40 (coarse), 80, 150, 240, 600 (fine)) Sandpaper, also known as glasspaper or as coated abrasive, is a type of material that consists of sheets of paper or cloth with an abrasive substance glued to one face.

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Set square

A set square or triangle (American English) is an object used in engineering and technical drawing, with the aim of providing a straightedge at a right angle or other particular planar angle to a baseline. Try square and set square are squares (tool).

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Skokloster Castle

Skokloster Castle (Skoklosters slott) is a Swedish Baroque castle built between 1654 and 1676 by Carl Gustaf Wrangel, located on a peninsula of Lake Mälaren between Stockholm and Uppsala.

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Speed square

A Swanson Speed Square. A speed square, also called a rafter square, rafter angle square, and triangle square, is a multi-purpose triangular carpenters' tool used for marking out. Try square and speed square are Dimensional instruments, squares (tool) and woodworking measuring instruments.

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A square is a tool used for marking and referencing a 90° angle, though mitre squares are used for 45° angles. Try square and square (tool) are Dimensional instruments, squares (tool) and woodworking measuring instruments.

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Square and Compasses

The Square and Compasses (or, more correctly, a square and a set of compasses joined) is the single most identifiable symbol of Freemasonry.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.

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Steel square

The steel square is a tool used in carpentry. Try square and steel square are Dimensional instruments, squares (tool) and woodworking measuring instruments.

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Straightedge

A straightedge or straight edge is a tool used for drawing straight lines, or checking their straightness. Try square and straightedge are woodworking measuring instruments.

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Thomas the Apostle

Thomas the Apostle (Θωμᾶς, romanized: Thōmâs; Aramaic ܬܐܘܡܐ, romanized:, meaning "the twin"), also known as Didymus (Greek: Δίδυμος, romanized: Dídymos, meaning "twin"), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.

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Tradesperson

A tradesperson or tradesman/woman is a skilled worker that specialises in a particular trade.

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TT280

Tomb TT280, located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian noble Meketre who was chancellor and chief steward during the reign of Mentuhotep II and Mentuhotep III, during the Eleventh Dynasty.

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Woodworking

Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_square

Also known as Tri square, Tri-square, Trysquare.

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Dimensional instruments

Squares (tool)

Woodworking measuring instruments

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