[email protected] wrote:
>
> Thanks for the link. This shows what I would think of as pinch-sticks.
> I discovered the book where I found "squaring rod" was written by an
> Englishman, so maybe there's some cross-Atlantic jargon confusing the
> issue...
I think the reference you found is referring to the technique with
regard to squaring a carcase frame, for example. I've not heard the
term, but seems eminently plausible name/expression...
I'm reminded of my favorite sign I saw in Rochester (UK, not US)...
"Joinery for Purpose"
[email protected] wrote:
> Thanks for the link. This shows what I would think of as pinch-sticks.
> I discovered the book where I found "squaring rod" was written by an
> Englishman, so maybe there's some cross-Atlantic jargon confusing the
> issue...
>
> ds
>
The British empire was always separated by a common language...
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[email protected] wrote:
> Hi, folks,
> I've read a couple of references to a "squaring rod" and how it's "more
> accurate than any square in my shop" and "you can build one in ten
> minutes" and stuff like that.
>
> But I can't figure out what it is!
>
> Any tips?
>
> Thanks,
> ds
>
Duane Bozarth <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I'm reminded of my favorite sign I saw in Rochester (UK, not US)...
>
> "Joinery for Purpose"
>
As opposed to that which occurs by accident? ;-)
Patriarch
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:45:03 -0500, Australopithecus scobis
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:22:21 -0500, Knothead wrote:
>
>> A.K.A "Roman Ruler"
>
>Thank you for that information. I tried to google "roman ruler" apropos a
>thread a few months ago. Found a gazillion hits on, well, Roman rulers.
>Augustus, Nero...but nothing on woodworking.
It's all in the right combination of words, I guess. Just for kick I
did the google search:
"roman ruler" woodworking
and found a combination; the first woodworking hit was
http://www.woodworking-forum.com/woodworking/Trouble_measuring_for_miter_cuts_989336.html
which seems to cover it.
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:22:21 -0500, Knothead wrote:
> A.K.A "Roman Ruler"
Thank you for that information. I tried to google "roman ruler" apropos a
thread a few months ago. Found a gazillion hits on, well, Roman rulers.
Augustus, Nero...but nothing on woodworking.
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