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Probably The Most Versatile Square – Here's How It's Used

The most obvious us for the speed square is to use it as a square, to drawing square layout lines, checking to see if your circular saw base is square with the blade and so on.

Another use for the speed square is as a protractor to measure and mark different angle other than 90 degrees.

You can use the square as a guide for other power tools. Most commonly used as a guide for a circular saw.

You use it to draw parallel lines down the length of a board or on sheet goods. If you've tried this with your tape measure you've probably ended up with a few slivers from time to time.

Watch the video for use #5 and great descriptions on the uses above.

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