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   JohnCujie | Dec 17, 2008 02:00am | #1

   Second on that. It's a great tool, find mew uses all the time.

   John

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   Proclive | Dec 17, 2008 03:51am | #2

   "Over the past several years, The Home Depot¯ has sold several Universal Squares to their customers."

   Wow I guess there really isn't a market for them.

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   DanH | Dec 17, 2008 04:41am | #3

   > Has anyone seen one of these yet?

   Still haven't -- 404.

   The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. --Wilhelm Stekel
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   johng45 | Dec 17, 2008 05:43am | #4

   I purchased two of them (one at a time) online from a west coast hardware store. First one was returned because it was "out of square."
   Its replacement was "out of square" as well. It was also returned.

   I purchased a third from HD but only after checking it for square while in the store. I suggest that you do the same.

   I initially used this tool to facilitate the rebuilding of a deck and I found it quite helpful. I continue to find it helpful, but because of its 3 dimensional structure, you will not be able to find a place in your tool belt for it.

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   FastEddie | Dec 17, 2008 04:12pm | #10

   from a west coast hardware store. First one was returned because it was "out of square."

   Did it lean toward the left?"Put your creed in your deed."   Emerson

   "When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it."  T. Roosevelt

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   rasconc | Dec 17, 2008 07:29am | #5

   I like the line in the link, "exactly the size of a 2x4", I only ask which one?

   For those who have fought for it Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.
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   KenHill3 | Dec 17, 2008 10:27am | #6

   I've seen it at HD, $14 as I recall. Decided it was a waste of money considering there was nothing it could do that my Swanson Speed Square wasn't capable of. Sorry, I think it's a silly and redundant tool.

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   Karl | Dec 17, 2008 10:35am | #7

   I think you are correct about it being redundant. I bought one about 20 years ago and never once used it.Karl

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   DanH | Dec 17, 2008 02:09pm | #8

   Besides, didn't Einstein prove that on a universal scale there's no such thing as "square"?
   The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one. --Wilhelm Stekel

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   JTC1 | Dec 17, 2008 03:36pm | #9

   >>on a universal scale there's no such thing as "square"?<<

   I think he did!

   The ultimate builder's excuse - That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

   JimNever underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.

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   AitchKay | Dec 17, 2008 04:35pm | #11

   West Coast framers used to make tools like that for themselves, called "channel markers."

   I'm sure if you got Larry Haun started on that, you could get quite an earful on that history, and the development and use of such tools in Post-War California.

   AitchKay