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Incra IRSET12 12 Inch Marking Rule
I ran across these tools when I was looking for a precision protractor. I bought the protractor as well and reviewed it. I bought this set and I've used all of them to one extent or the other. To my surprise I've used the bent rule more than the others. I figured yeah this might be handy and it's cheaper if I just buy the set. Of course it's for precision marks around corners of a piece of wood. I do this all the time with a square of some sort and have to be careful get the mark around the corner in exactly the right place. Piece of cake with this tool. Whether around the end or the cut outs along the rule, using the included 0.5 mm mechanical pencil, I can draw a continous line around the corner - the edge - of a board. I've used it for dado and rabbet cuts and it worked great. I've used the marking rule some. Like the bent rule it's thin stainless steel and makes for very easy and precise marking in the cuts or the outside edge of the tool. I've used the T rule some measuring a position from the edges at a corner of a table top. They make a rule specifically for this by the way. I may order it one of these days. As I stated in the review of the protractor, these are a thin precision tools. This is not something you chunk in the tool box. I made a little wooden box with all the Incra tools fitted in it. I'm fussy with all my squares, rules and other measuring devices. Being too lazy sometimes to make fractional conversions I sometimes use metric rules and I've thought of buying some of the Incra rules in metric also though with their being marked in 1/64's it's easier to figure when say marking a board in even divisions than when using someing in the usual different fractions.
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I just got this along with the protractor and am still playing/learning how to make the most of them but I can't stop smiling (almost giggling) at how easy it makes precisely marking things. I'll probably end up getting the 18" versions as well. A nice feature not mentioned is that it came with a .5mm mechanical pencil, so you don't have to go get one. The very thin material means I'll have to store it carefully but it also means it can be wrapped around pipes, dowels and follow contours with ease which greatly out weighs the risk of damaging them.
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I'm planning to get several sets to give away as gifts to my machinist, fine wood working and model making friends, that's how great they are!
I bought these for a furniture build. I was very pleased with the fine level of detail I could achieve while marking boards for ripping. They are thin but I really liked how close they were to the surface. It's like marking with paper they're so thin. I've very careful with tools so it's not a durability issue for me.
I ran across these tools when I was looking for a precision protractor. I bought the protractor as well and reviewed it. I bought this set and I've used all of them to one extent or the other. To my surprise I've used the bent rule more than the others. I figured yeah this might be handy and it's cheaper if I just buy the set. Of course it's for precision marks around corners of a piece of wood. I do this all the time with a square of some sort and have to be careful get the mark around the corner in exactly the right place. Piece of cake with this tool. Whether around the end or the cut outs along the rule, using the included 0.5 mm mechanical pencil, I can draw a continous line around the corner - the edge - of a board. I've used it for dado and rabbet cuts and it worked great. I've used the marking rule some. Like the bent rule it's thin stainless steel and makes for very easy and precise marking in the cuts or the outside edge of the tool. I've used the T rule some measuring a position from the edges at a corner of a table top. They make a rule specifically for this by the way. I may order it one of these days. As I stated in the review of the protractor, these are a thin precision tools. This is not something you chunk in the tool box. I made a little wooden box with all the Incra tools fitted in it. I'm fussy with all my squares, rules and other measuring devices. Being too lazy sometimes to make fractional conversions I sometimes use metric rules and I've thought of buying some of the Incra rules in metric also though with their being marked in 1/64's it's easier to figure when say marking a board in even divisions than when using someing in the usual different fractions.
I would highly recommend this product to anyone looking for accuracy and quality. I was actually surprised at the quality vs. price; and as always Amazon delivered on time without any hassles or delays. Some people claim the Incra precision protractor's are flimsy, but I didn't find this to be true. Make sure you have a 0.5 mm lead pencil though, because anything larger will not fit through the marking slots.