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[brownbagg]

how picky are you about getting your project square, do u go after the gnat azz or is 1/8 close enough.

 

[bad_idea]

Depends on the project.

 

[Dustball]

1/8" over what length?

 

[Rookie2]

+ - 1 redbrick

 

[mitusa]

1/8" over what length?

This ^^^^^^

Depends on the size of the project.

 

[Joe69]

I make mine as square as I possibly can.

Joe

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

When welding a table frame or cart frame, I want it as square as possible, but I'm not going to sweat 1/8".

For a vehicle project, I want that baby as square as possible, and 1/8" can really become magnified in other measurements later. Worth the time to do it right.

It's all about scale and final use.

 

[RivennHewn]

Foundations - 1/2".

Framing - 1/4".

Cabinets - 1/8".

Cabinet knobs - 1/32".

Furniture - Square

Depends on the project.

 

[kazlx]

I'm generally pretty picky about measurements. Framing a shed, 1/8" is fine, building a metal cart, an 1/8" would bug me to no end. Like everyone else said, it depends. I've found that taking up machining as a hobby tends to make you more **** about other things when you get used to measuring with calipers.

 

[383 240z]

Like everybody else said depends on what I'm building. Framing I'll live with 1/4" block work I'm happy at 1/2" if I'm in the machine shop anything over .005" I start getting pissy. Keith

 

[larry_g]

Square is normally measured in degrees. Four 90* angles and 4 equal length sides are considered a square.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[INSP380]

I like to hold my squareness to .2 of a degree as the norm. We use .5 on some loose tolerances. Sweat the details till it becomes second nature. Shoot for zero, but hold your tolerances. Nice parts will follow.

Fab work here, not machine work.

Steve

 

[Kaasdief]

it's either square or not.... I always try my best, the ****-ups arrive by themselves.

 

[koditten]

My trailers need to be less than 1/4" in 10'.