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A B C OF THE STEEL SQUARE 





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every expert workman, the 

 square pure and simple, like 

 this of Nicholls or similar 

 ones, should never be absent 

 from the "kit" of the ordi- 

 nary workman, for with it, if 

 he thoroughly understands 

 it, he can accomplish all that 

 is possible even with a com- 

 bination square. If he is not 

 "posted" the workman should 

 procure some one or more of 

 the many devices or helps for 

 getting bevels, angles, lengths 

 and cuts, for rafters, braces, 

 hips and jacks as advertised 

 by Riesmann, Woods, and 

 others. 



With these aids and a good true and honest 

 steel square the workman can accomplish al- 

 most all that can be done with this tool, or all 



