SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 

 FROM VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS. 



The following questions and answers from 

 practical workmen are considered among the 

 very best things regarding the use of the Steel 

 Square, as they are from men who knew of what 

 they were talking about. They are gathered 

 from many sources, but chiefly from the col- 

 umns of Technical Journals with which I havo 

 been connected, either as Editor or contributor. 



Jas. Willis, Rochester, N. Y., asks: "How can 

 I get the proper bevel for a butt joint on an 

 obtuse or acute angle, by the use of the square 

 only?" 



Answer: Suppose Fig. 66 represents an ob- 

 tuse angle formed by two parallel boards or 

 timbers. To obtain the joint, A, space off equal 

 distances from the point 1 to 3, 3, then square 

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