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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