Essential Guide to the Steel Square: How to Figure Everything Out with One Simple Tool, No Batteries Required

Horner, Ken (Author)

This is a great book for the "back to hand tools" movement. It is the only book that unlocks the secrets of the steel square, a valuable time-honored tool. Every woodworker owns a steel square, but few know all that they can do with it. This book shows how valuable the steel square can be in answering common geometry and layout questions for any project. It's loaded with diagrams, illustrations, practical advice, and skill-building exercises.

For centuries, the steel square has been a mainstay in the toolbox of skilled craftsmen. In the hands of someone who knows how to use it, this simple tool can quickly solve many common construction problems involving angles, arcs, circles, and squares. With the help of the Essential Guide to the Steel Square, anyone can unlock the helpful secrets of this valuable, time-honored tool. Packed with hundreds of clear illustrations and diagrams, skill-building exercises, and simple rules of thumb, this handy reference will show any curious carpenter, woodworker, or serious do-it-yourselfer how indispensable the steel square can be in building stairs, roofs, rafters, and practically anything else. No batteries are required--your steel square can solve many problems that your smart phone can't!

Contributor Bio:Horner, Ken

Ken Horner is the author of Woodworkers' Essential Facts, Formulas & Short-Cuts; and More Woodworkers' Essential Facts, Formulas & Short-Cuts. He is a retired organic chemist and computer consultant who resides in Sunnyvale, California, deep in the heart of the Silicon Valley. A veteran woodworker, he is a member of the South Bay Woodworkers Association.