And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I have been in carpentry for 29 years this month. Swanson makes the best speed squares. My first was a Mecklenburg-Duncan. Equally good but not sure if they are still around. The Swanson comes with a great book that if you study there isn't much that you can't build. I still prefer a framing square and a set of square nuts for rafters and stairs but I am old school taught. The speed square fits a whole lot better in a tool belt though.
Where can I buy, take my money! I would buy a tool with the name of the owner of one of the best blogs!
ReplyDeleteNot to mention that that square turns an insurance agent into a competent carpenter. Insurance agents talk things into place...
ReplyDeleteThere's also a large model speed square. I use both of them, a lot.
ReplyDeleteSwanson is the way to go. Stay away from the crappy chinese ones. The degree marks are like 3/16ths wide.
ReplyDeleteI have been in carpentry for 29 years this month. Swanson makes the best speed squares. My first was a Mecklenburg-Duncan. Equally good but not sure if they are still around. The Swanson comes with a great book that if you study there isn't much that you can't build. I still prefer a framing square and a set of square nuts for rafters and stairs but I am old school taught. The speed square fits a whole lot better in a tool belt though.
ReplyDeleteI have drove nails with my Swanson in tight areas that I couldn't get my 🔨. It has little dings but has never broke. It's about 15 years old now.
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