Found my dad's old wooden try square in his workshop last month

I was cleaning out his place after he passed and pulled a beat up Stanley try square from behind a pile of scrap plywood. Thing is probably 40 years old and still checks true within a 32nd. I been using a digital angle finder for years and honestly forgot how nice a simple tool feels in your hand. Last week I built a small bookshelf using only that square and a hand saw just to see if I could. Took me three times as long but I didn't mess up a single joint. Makes me wonder what else I'm overcomplicating with fancy gear. Any of you guys still rock old tools from your folks or am I just being sentimental?

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ray_webb66d ago

Heard a woodworker on a podcast say those old squares were often truer than what you get from a big box store now... makes you think about manufacturing standards back then.

ryan_carr596d ago

My grandpa's old square is truer than any project I've ever finished.