Osvaldo Cristo
08-30-2017, 12:57 PM
I purchased recently a Chinese combination square rebranded to a local (Brazilian) brand. It is dead precise: scale, square and level indicator. The body is made of aluminium and the rule some kind of stainless steel. If you compare against a Starrett model, my purchase looks fragile and cheap, but it is really cheap at less than USD 20 (including local taxes). After almost 30 years at woodworking that is my second combination square. I had one cheap Stanley a couple of decades ago I trow away because it wasn´t square. For years I have been fine with my other squares...
Question: is combination square use common to woodworking in countries outside the US (and possibly Canada)?
It is not common people to use it either in Brazil or other countries I know in Latin America. It is usually saw as an expensive and not precise tool for most applications (personally I do not agree with that statement). I knew some private woodshop in Germany and a couple of it in Europe outside Germany - no one had a combination square among their tools!
Thanks for your feedback. It is appreciated,
Question: is combination square use common to woodworking in countries outside the US (and possibly Canada)?
It is not common people to use it either in Brazil or other countries I know in Latin America. It is usually saw as an expensive and not precise tool for most applications (personally I do not agree with that statement). I knew some private woodshop in Germany and a couple of it in Europe outside Germany - no one had a combination square among their tools!
Thanks for your feedback. It is appreciated,