Low profile machinist square

[aurfalien]

Hi,

Would any one happen to know of a source for a low profile square?

MicroMark has a nice one but they are pretty pricy in general.

https://www.micromark.com/Thin-Beam-Square

 

[Foxer]

I have that one and it is pricey. but it's everything they say it is and will last beyond your lifetime.  This was the thinnest square I could find and it's pretty useful for me. High Quality.

[aurfalien]

14 minutes ago, Foxer said:

I have that one and it is pricey. but it's everything they say it is and will last beyond your lifetime.  This was the thinnest square I could find and it's pretty useful for me. High Quality.

Thanks for the feedback Mike.

I'll wait for a coupon or something.  Maybe they will do free shipping.

[SfanGoch]

You get what you pay for. You want cheap? It doesn't get cheaper than $6.13:

Empire Level 12 Inch Long Blade, 8 Inch Long Base Steel Square 1-1/2 Inch Wide Blade, 1 Inch Wide Base

 

It meets your requirements of low profile and cost. If that isn't cheap enough, what can I tell you? You're SOL.

Not for nothing, a lot, if not all, of your tool questions can be answered through Google. Much faster than waiting for a reply and the results more specific to your queries.

 

 

Edited December 10, 2018 by SfanGoch

[aurfalien]

8 minutes ago, SfanGoch said:

You get what you pay for. You want cheap? It doesn't get cheaper than $6.13:

Empire Level 12 Inch Long Blade, 8 Inch Long Base Steel Square 1-1/2 Inch Wide Blade, 1 Inch Wide Base

 

It meets your requirements of low profile and cost. If that isn't cheap enough, what can I tell you? You're SOL.

Not for nothing, a lot, if not all, of your tool questions can be answered through Google. Much faster than waiting for a reply and the results more specific to your queries.

 

 

Well, the issue with Google searches is that it doesn't really give me feedback of ppl I've come to know here.

Google doesn't give you reputation scores.  That counts for a lot with me.  So your feedback is more valuable then some stranger on the Goog.

PS And I'm not being overly cheap, just trying to minimize cost of having to buy everything all over again.  I mean at this point I don't even have any glue.

Edited December 10, 2018 by aurfalien

[SfanGoch]

Product feedback and reputation scores should be your least concern when it comes to low cost (read cheap) tools. As I wrote, you get what you pay for. Don't expect a filet mignon for the price of a hamburger.

[aurfalien]

12 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

Product feedback and reputation scores should be your least concern when it comes to low cost (read cheap) tools. As I wrote, you get what you pay for. Don't expect a filet mignon for the price of a hamburger.

I take it that you don't shop at Costco...

[SfanGoch]

Nor at Walmart, KMart, etc. I don't buy my groceries in the same place that also sells car batteries and tires two aisles down. See, if need be, I have the luxury of being able to ask my son to pick up various industrial quality tools for cheap at his school's GO Store. He attends Aviation High School, in Queens, and will receive his FAA A&P certificate and be a fully certified Aircraft Maintenance Technician  upon graduation.  Bro, the point I was making is not to look for raving feedback about, and this is what you are searching for, cheap, inexpensive tools. They are what they are. I found one which specifically meets your criteria. If that still isn't satisfactory to suit your requirements, zei gezunt. Try finding one for less.  I have a set of machinist squares. They are high quality tools; therefore, the cost was correspondingly very high. Allow me to reiterate, you get what you pay for.

[aurfalien]

53 minutes ago, SfanGoch said:

Nor at Walmart, KMart, etc. I don't buy my groceries in the same place that also sells car batteries and tires two aisles down. See, if need be, I have the luxury of being able to ask my son to pick up various industrial quality tools for cheap at his school's GO Store. He attends Aviation High School, in Queens, and will receive his FAA A&P certificate and be a fully certified Aircraft Maintenance Technician  upon graduation.  Bro, the point I was making is not to look for raving feedback about, and this is what you are searching for, cheap, inexpensive tools. They are what they are. I found one which specifically meets your criteria. If that still isn't satisfactory to suit your requirements, zei gezunt. Try finding one for less.  I have a set of machinist squares. They are high quality tools; therefore, the cost was correspondingly very high. Allow me to reiterate, you get what you pay for.

Ok.  Thank you for your reply.

Edited December 11, 2018 by aurfalien

[Ace-Garageguy]

One of my most used tools on the model bench is the little X-Acto 3"X4" #X7726 square.

I also keep a couple of 6" stainless rules handy, an old one from Western Auto marked in 32nds and 64ths on one side, with a decimal-equivalent scale on the reverse, and another oldie from General marked in 10ths and 100ths on one side, with 32nds and 64ths on the reverse.

Those two, plus an 18" steel rule with a no-slip back for cutting longer styrene or wood strips, marked in inches (16ths) and metric (mm) do pretty much everything I need for models.

I also picked up a set of assorted angle templates in stainless for model work somewhere, handy to have if you need an accurate 45 or 30 or 15 degree cut on the end of a strip, of to use as a temporary fixture.

Naturally, an OK quality digital caliper with easy switching readouts from inches to metric is indispensable too. 

[tom q vaxy]

I have 4" & 6" Starrett adjustable squares, but use this one as much or more:  https://www.homedepot.com/p/Empire-6-in-True-Blue-Blade-Pocket-Combination-Square-E255/100192421

sorry it doesn't fit your requirement for low-profile, but for as square as I can build, it works fine.

[aurfalien]

Hi and thanks Bill, Joe, Mike and Tom.  Your replies were well taken.

Looks like I'll most likely get the low profile machinist square from MicroMark.  Finalizing choices on nice heavy straight and L shaped rulers.  I'm seeing some heavy gauge black ones that seem real nice.

In the end, buy nice or buy twice and I usually do the first.

PS Kind of considering this as a kill two birds with one stone.  Its got metric and standard as well as being .046" thick.

 

 

Edited December 12, 2018 by aurfalien

[Ace-Garageguy]

Looks like a nice tool. I believe I need to add that to my own arsenal (though I assume it's .046" rather than .46") 

[aurfalien]

6 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Looks like a nice tool. I believe I need to add that to my own arsenal (though I assume it's .046" rather than .46") 

Thanks Bill, I corrected it.  I asked to verify that it is indeed .046" and will report back.

[aurfalien]

These are also interesting items from MicroMark, double sided and .048" thick.

 

 

 

[aurfalien]

5 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Looks like a nice tool. I believe I need to add that to my own arsenal (though I assume it's .046" rather than .46") 

Hi Bill,

It's 1/16" or .062" thick.