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Review on Incra IRSET12 12 Inch Marking Rule by Balthazar Cooper

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Precision Tools Made in the USA

I came across these tools while looking for an accurate protractor. I also bought and tested a protractor. I bought this set and I've used them all to some extent. To my surprise, I used the curved ruler more than others. I figured it might be handy and it would be cheaper if I just bought a set. This is of course for precise markings around the corners of a piece of wood. I do this with some kind of angle all the time and have to be careful that the mark around the corner is in exactly the right place. It's child's play with this tool. Whether it's the end or notches along the ruler, using the included 0.5mm mechanical pencil I can draw a continuous line around the corner - edge - of the board. I've used it for tongue and groove and tongue cuts and it worked great. I used the marking rule. Like the curved ruler, it is made of thin stainless steel and makes for very easy and precise marking in cuts or on the outside edge of the tool. I used the T rule to measure the position from the edges to the corner of the table top. By the way, they make a special rule for this. I can order one of these days. As I said in the protractor review, these are flimsy precision instruments. It's not something you put in a toolbox. I made a small wooden box with all the Incra tools. I'm finicky with all my squares, rulers and other measuring tools. As I'm sometimes too lazy for fraction conversions I sometimes use metric rules and I thought about buying some Incra rules in metric units although the marking in 1/64 makes it easier to calculate board markings in even divisions for example, than when I use some in the usual different factions.

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  • There are more interesting options.