A Square Deal?

Where’s your patriotic billfold Charlie?

Like all Woodpeckers tools, the new Precision Squares are machined in their shop just outside Cleveland, Ohio. Made in U.S.A.

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

that is a lot for a square, more than most of my tools. Hmm that was kinda depressing.

-- patience is a currency that always pays dividends.

I think I can get along without a NASA quality square, My (gasp!) plastic speed square get’s the job done just fine.

-- "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain

16” X 24” Steel Square
- Item#9541 $9.99

Made in China by the Wan Hung Lo Machinery Cooperative #4728, located rear of Won-ton Factory #98223, shipped to HF, USA on Chinese loan …....payee later cookeee.

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

Oh, I’d love to have one. But, like Katdaddy said, I might go $69.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Check those $9.99 squares sometime to see if they are really square. I bet they are not even close. I have several squares and not one of them is square so getting one that is guaranteed square is worth a lot to me. Same thing with combination squares. I have three of them at the moment and only one of them is square and it is a Stanley yellow one that I just bought because my others I found were not square after many mistakes due to lack of accuracy. $169 is a lot of money but you can be sure that anything from Woodpeckers is top notch. I just got my 50” straight edge rule and Paolini Pocket rule today after waiting several months to get it. It is a beautiful piece of anodized aluminum and is straight to .005”. The pocket rule is really nice as well and will come in handy. I will probably get the square at some point but you have to decide soon as it is a one time tool run that may not come around again for a while and if you do decide to preorder make sure you have a lot of patience because these one time tools don’t show up for quite a while.

-- "I work so I can fish"!

@Kickback -
I have two Stanley 24” framing squares that are dead-on. One of them was slightly off when I bought it, but a few whacks with a center punch brought it in just fine.

-- Adversity doesn't build character...................it reveals it.

The only thing I’d try to convince you of Charlie is that yours nuts if you spend that kind of dough on a square.
Even at $69.00 that sucker better whistle Dixie.

-- Eric

Some brass, some rose wood and some patient, no where near $169 and prettier..Barring that, one made from a hard wood… probably $15 to $20.

-- Just because you’ve always done it that way doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly stupid.

”By buying a One-Time Tool, you will own a limited run precisely machined tool that will make you the envy of all your woodworking friends and you have a tool that will be used for generations.”

I believe it will last generations….

I also believe that rather than being the “envy”, you’ll be “that guy” instead.

-- Patrick, Helicopters don't fly. They beat the air into submission.

It is pricey….... but so is a nice Lie Nielson bench plane. I love Woodpeckers products, but cringe at what they cost.

I can’t see how they justify that price Charlie. It annoys me that just because many cheap squares are not square, manufacturers think they can charge a premium price for setting up their machines properly and cutting something at 90 degrees. I also doubt that it would be a lifetime tool if it is made of aluminium (UK spelling). I’ve had squares made of aluminium before and they dent easily and get scored if you use a knife with them.

I spent my money on a large Starret combination square. Now there is accuracy and longevity.

-- Andy -- Old Chinese proverb say: If you think something can't be done, don't interrupt man who is doing it.

They do make good looking tools. And I’m sure they are as acurate as they claim, but…. for $169.00, I just cant justify spending that much on a square.

-- Pete B.

It may come square but drop it once and it’s a $169 89° measure.

Hey, the 18” is only $139.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)