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A try square is a woodworking
Woodworking

Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood....
 or a metal working tool
Tool

A broad definition of a tool is an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other....
 used for marking and measuring a piece of wood
Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
. The square refers to the tool's primary use of measuring the accuracy of a right angle (90
90

Year 90 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar....
 degree
Degree (angle)

A degree , usually denoted by ? , is a measurement of plane angle, representing 1/360 of a Turn ; one degree is equivalent to p/180 radians....
s); to try a surface is to check its straightness or correspondence to an adjoining surface.






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Trysquare
A try square is a woodworking
Woodworking

Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood....
 or a metal working tool
Tool

A broad definition of a tool is an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other....
 used for marking and measuring a piece of wood
Wood

Wood is an organic material; in the strict sense wood is produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs, etc....
. The square refers to the tool's primary use of measuring the accuracy of a right angle (90
90

Year 90 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar....
 degree
Degree (angle)

A degree , usually denoted by ? , is a measurement of plane angle, representing 1/360 of a Turn ; one degree is equivalent to p/180 radians....
s); to try a surface is to check its straightness or correspondence to an adjoining surface. A piece of wood that is rectangular
Rectangle

In geometry, a rectangle is a Closed set planar quadrilateral with four right angles. A rectangle with vertices ABCD would be denoted as .A rectangle with adjacent sides of lengths a and b has area ab and diagonals of equal length ....
, flat, and has all edges (faces, sides, and ends) 90 degrees is called four square. A board is often milled
Milling

Milling may refer to:*Grinding grain or other materials in a mill *Cutting and shaping materials into products with milling machines*Part of the leather crusting process...
 four square in preparation for using it in building furniture.

Try square is sometimes spelled "tri-square", or referred to as a combination square
Combination square

A combination square is a tool used for multiple purposes in woodworking and metalworking. The Square refers to the primary use of the tool: measuring the accuracy of a right angle ....
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A traditional try square has a broad blade made of steel
Steel

Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.14% by weight , depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten....
 or brass
Brass

Brass is any alloy of copper and zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties. In comparison, bronze is principally an alloy of copper and tin....
 that is riveted
Rivet

A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before it is installed it consists of a smooth cylinder shaft with a head on one end. The end opposite the head is called the buck-tail....
 to a wooden handle. The inside of the wooden handle typically has a steel
Steel

Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.14% by weight , depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten....
 or brass
Brass

Brass is any alloy of copper and zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties. In comparison, bronze is principally an alloy of copper and tin....
 strip fixed to it that is precisely 90 degrees to the blade. Some blades have either metric or English graduations for measurement.

See also

  • carpentry square
  • combination square
    Combination square

    A combination square is a tool used for multiple purposes in woodworking and metalworking. The Square refers to the primary use of the tool: measuring the accuracy of a right angle ....
  • machinist square
    Machinist square

    A machinist square or engineer's square is the metalworkers' equivalent of a try square. It consists of a steel blade inserted and either welded or rivet into a heavier body at an angle of 90?....
  • steel square
    Steel square

    The steel square is a tool that carpenters use. They use many tools to lay out a "square" or right-angle, many of which are made of steel, but the title steel square refers to a specific long-armed square that has additional uses for measurement, especially of angles, as well as simple right-angles....