Stanley 45-300 Aluminum Carpenters Square

List Price: $11.54 Discount Price: $8.07

Features:

• Aluminum carpenter's square offers wide range of easy-to-read measurements, tables, and conversions
• Helpful reference conversion including new lumber, decimal equivalent, and metric conversion tables; 45-, 60- and 30-degree angle markings
• High tempered aluminum for maximum durability; protective lacquered coating; buffed finish
• Deep, embossed, 1/8-inch graduations for long-term visibility
• Body: 24- by 2-inches; tongue: 16- by 1-1/2-inches; backed by lifetime limited warranty

Accessories:
Measuring, Marking, and Layout: A Builder's Guide	Old House Journal

Customer Reviews:

After fifteen years of abuse I'm ready for another [Posted on 2005-03-11]
I've used the aluminum square for the same reason as other reviews. I was a rough carpenter, finish carpenter, cabinetmaker for a long time. Just getting into furniture making. I was trying to square up a new combination miter saw and couldn't get it quite square to the fence. I even used brass shims and couldn't get better than .06".
Finally, I took the square and drew a line across a piece of 16" ply. Then I flipped it and tried to draw over the same line. What I found was, the ends of the square, after years of drawing lines and using as a straight edge and cutting guide had worn off and were slightly rounded. Still, after 15 years of good service, I am ordering another today.

aluminum square [Posted on 2007-05-13]
Quality product for a fair price, made in the USA with global materials

Nice square. [Posted on 2007-06-25]
Easy to read, very light. Only concern I have is durability. My old craftsman metal square is kind of rusted, but you really could step on it and it wouldn't bend. I just can't read the numbers anymore (rusted up too badly).

A Square Deal [Posted on 2007-10-22]
Not much you can say about a carpenters square other than it does the intended job, arrived promptly and in good condition as described

Does what I ask of it [Posted on 2008-02-08]
The square was true when I got it, though I have no idea whether they all would be. I also do not know if an aluminum square can be trued as a steel square can be. The square seems to stay cooler in the sun than steel. I don't know if it will be as rugged as steel, but I do know I won't be sanding off surface rust.

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