 A mitre square with a wooden stock, a steel blade, and brass rivets | |
| Other names | Mitre square |
|---|---|
| Classification | |
| Used with | Pens, pencils,marking knives |
| Related | Square (tool) |
Amiter square ormitre square is a hand tool used inwoodworking andmetalworking for marking and checking angles other than 90°. Most miter squares are for marking and checking 45° angles and itssupplementary angle, 135°.[1][2]
A miter is a bevelled edge – usually 45° – used, for example, for makingmiter joints for woodworking.[2]Squares are tools designed for marking and checking specific fixed angles, usually 90° or 45°, though most squares are exclusively for working with 90° angles.
As with90° squares, there are many different types of miter square. Miter squares are usually made from two fixed parts, astock and ablade (sometimes called atongue).
The blade on a modern factory-made miter square is typically a thin piece of metal which is fixed at 45° onto or into the stock, forming a 'T' shape. The stock is usually much thicker than the blade and is made from wood, metal or plastic. Until the development of factory-made squares in the 18th century miter squares were made entirely from wood, though some woodworkers still make themselves wooden miter squares.[1]
Other forms of miter square include the dovetail square, with the blade set at an angle suited to marking outdovetail joints, and the Japanese miter square, a flat piece of metal with a thin metal stock along one edge – similar in construction to aspeed square.[3]
Some othertypes of square incorporate miter squares, such ascombination squares,speed squares, andtry squares with a mitered stock.[4][1]
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