Despite everyone's best efforts to get me to buy more chisels on Saturday, I only came away with this combination square. I never buy squares usually, but it appealed to me somehow - and I do seem to be in a metrological frame of mind at the moment. I got the general impression that the collective tool gurus present reckoned I was slightly off my nut buying it, but hey, a girl gets to the point where she needs to get her hands on something freshly rusted and painted-spotted, and this fit the bill all-too admirably.
A bit of TLC and elbow grease later, and a not displeasing result.
Nothing particularly special - as far as I can gather, Stanley churned No.21s out by the thousands over the years. But I like it; it feels good in the hand (and considerably better than the fancier, more expensive, and newer 12" combi square I already own - and never use as a result).
At some point I must find the patent and discover the purpose of the slot. I've got a vague impression of some sort of sliding bevel feature, but have yet to explore it fully. 'Cos yeah, I needed another thing that could do duty as a sliding bevel like I need a hole in the head. Or another chisel.
3 comments:
ALF,
I believe the slot holds the blade on to the head. Unless the blade has a groove in it as well.
Happy anniversary, Alf.
Cool combination square, nicely mellow. You did the right thing.
Evergreen
Nice old combination square and a fitting anniversary present.
I have a Stanley like this one, only it has a shorter blade. On mine, I can move the cast body right up to the very end and rotate it to the other side, so that I can have a longer ruler for wide boards. With yours, you might like to mark a 45 degree line using the whole length of the ruler.
Swing the body up to the end and flick it over to the other side and you will have a full length ruler for marking 45 degrees.
Works that way with mine - yours might do that as well.
Cheers
Tom
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