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A square that isn't square is really good for.....................:dunno:. I already have paperweights . I make plenty of those myself.:lmao:
 
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I laid my Starrett dial calipers on the mill table to change an end mill, then dropped it square on the face, good thing it was a 3/4" end mill so that I completely ruined them. Some days....
 
I broke the glass covering the digital vernier on my HF three times... In the end I ripped the glass out... still works. Glad it wasn't an expensive one that got busted.
 
harbour freight doesn't sell a square!
i bought the best set they had the starett knockoff. it is junk looks like a million bucks but closer match to a boomarang than a square.
as far as import carbide insert endmills and lathe bits they are fine once you put real carbide in them.
steve
 
i forgot to mention i bought the cheap square from them first, it was bad, thought well you bought the cheap one buy their good set now.
the expensive one was worse
steve
 
When I began my apprenticeship as a welder in 1965, among many other tools [1] I was made to buy 3 Moore & Wright engineers squares - 9", 6" and 4". For someone just starting work it seemed a fantastic amount of money to lay out, especially when I could see the older guys using fabricated squares for setting up pipe flanges, etc, just as I would do later. I was 15 and the guy I was apprenticed to was about 25. When I asked him why I had to spend so much he told me it was because I would look after them. Of course it went deeper than that, but he was right, I still have those squares and they are still in excellent condition and still accurate, and they got a new lease of life when I retired.

[1] Apprentices at that company had to spend 6 months in each department, including fitting, machining, draughting, and were expected to buy tools for all departments. I still have them all, including my first hammer which has had 3 new shafts and 2 new heads. ;)
 
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