umar59•21d agoMost Upvoted

Appreciation post: My old framing square was off by a full 1/8 inch over 4 feet

I was checking some wall plates on a job in Bellingham and my cuts kept coming up short. I finally laid my trusty square against a known straight edge and measured the gap at the far end with a set of feeler gauges. Turns out the thing had a slight bend I never noticed, which threw off every mark. Has anyone else had a basic tool fail them in a sneaky way like that?

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alex30721d ago

Oh man, that "sneaky way" is the worst. I had a speed square that was off just a tiny bit, and it took me forever to figure out why my miter saw cuts never lined up perfectly. It was so frustrating because you trust that thing with every mark. How do you even bend a framing square without knowing?

angela68715d ago

Blame the tool gremlins. They live for that stuff.

nora_walker5721d ago

Honestly, I wonder if temperature changes could slowly warp a tool like that over time.