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A triangle that turns 'eyeball it' into actual geometry, in your back pocket.

means A flat triangular tool carpenters use to mark and check 90° and 45° angles for cutting lumber and framing rafters.

from Also called a rafter square or triangle square, it was popularized in the early 20th century — commonly credited to a patent by Swanson Tool Co. in the 1920s-30s — as a faster alternative to the bulkier try square and framing square, combining angle-marking, common-rafter, and protractor scales into one pocket-sized triangle; the name simply marks what it's for: speed.

real name
invented by Swanson Tool, 1925
replaces
a try square, miter box, and protractor
core trick
pivot point lets you scribe any angle fast
carpenter tell
worn edge means it actually gets used
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