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265819 Anthony Seo 2018‑05‑14 Re: How big is your try square?
On 5/14/2018 12:10 PM, Bill Webber wrote:
> GGs
>
> What is the biggest try square you have ever seen?  The Hilton tool 
> chest has place for a try square that could have a blade up to 
> 32-inches long.  The handle would look like the top one in this picture:
>
> http://billwebber.galootcentral.com/1805-013.JPG
>
> Any ideas as to how long the blades were on these things?  The blade 
> on the big one in the picture is nearly 18-inches.

I've had a Disston & Morss that had a 20" blade, and a Johnson & Conaway 
(pre Civil War Philadelphia makers) also with a 20" blade.  I'm sure 
that they could make them in longer sizes but I haven't seen any (and I 
have seem some that were in the 15 to 16" range that had been cut 
down).  I also have a couple here in that size range that need some 
serious restoration work.

Tony (rain ya say?  Oh joy oh boy, NOT!)

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