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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Dec 23, 2003 03:25am | #1

   I'd call it an adjustable angle bevel square. Bridge City Tools, among others, makes several fancier versions. Handy tool!

   Kevin Halliburton

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   MisterT | Dec 23, 2003 03:31am | #2

   There is/was a similar tool out there called a "Squangle.

   Dunno if it would function as a saw guide tho.

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   JerBear | Dec 23, 2003 06:29am | #3

   I have the "Squangle".  Very useful if you do odd angle repeat cuts or layouts.  it collects dust now and has proven to be one of those gimmicks.  I forgotten I had it till I saw this.

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   gdavis62 | Dec 23, 2003 07:02am | #4

   I've got one exactly like it.  It was my dad's, and I'll bet he got it from Sears.  Mine probably dates back to around 1957.  It is a guide for a circular saw.

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   slykarma | Dec 23, 2003 07:24am | #5

   Lee Valley has one, they call it an angle guide. Good deal for US buyers, as these prices are in $CDN. So the saw guide works out to about $US 17.

   http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=30036&category=1,240,45313&abspage=1&ccurrency=1&SID=

   I use one something like this. A damn sight lighter than a sliding compound mitre saw and a cut capacity of more than 12". Great for roof sheathing face cuts into hips and valleys.

   Wally

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   DaveRicheson | Dec 23, 2003 02:21pm | #6

   Yer right! I used the one I got from my grandfathers tool collection until around 1983, when it met its' demise under the wheels of a fork lift. Sears it was.

   Dave

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   reinvent | Dec 23, 2003 06:31pm | #7

   You might try these folks.

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   steve | Dec 23, 2003 07:11pm | #8

   http://www.leevalley.com

   gotta love that old circ saw!!!!!!

   caulking is not a piece of trim

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Dec 23, 2003 08:06pm | #9

   LOL - That was the very first thing I noticed too. Made me wonder immediately what the marketing angle they were shooting for was. At first I thought they were trying to insinuate that "Our tools are as reliable as your old favorite skill saw" but I changed my mind. I think they were just trying to make their tool look nicer by setting it next to something that had been through a few years of hard labor.

   I have some friends I like to hang out with for the same reason. :-)>Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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   Heatherington | Dec 25, 2003 06:33am | #12

   Well, I might fit into your crowd! Been overworked and underpaid all my very long life!

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   joeh | Dec 23, 2003 08:09pm | #10

   I have something similar, the piece against the side is half round with a scale in degrees. Came from my FIL, vintage unknown.

   Works great for repeat angle cuts. No idea except garage sales, maybe Ebay?

   Joe H

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   TLJ | Dec 25, 2003 06:25am | #11

   Here's one in the Tool Crib.

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000222WA/qid=1072322365/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1_etk-tools/002-3147231-4389605?v=glance&s=hi&n=228013

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   Luka | Dec 25, 2003 06:35am | #13

   name this Tool

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