Essential Guide to the Steel Square: How to Figure Everything Out with One Simple Tool, No Batteries Required
By (Author) Ken Horner
Fox Chapel Publishing
Fox Chapel Publishing
22nd March 2016
1st April 2016
United States
General
Non Fiction
Building skills and trades
684.08
Paperback
192
Width 203mm, Height 254mm, Spine 11mm
636g
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 requiredyour steel square can solve many problems that your smart phone cant!
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.