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Thread: Where to buy a roofing square?
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28th November 2009, 07:31 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Where to buy a roofing square?
Had a mate around today doing some work on our gables. Gav has some really good gear... Triton Multi stands which he seems to use a lot. And today a pair of TOWA roofing squares (protractors) which he used to work out the angles to cut a couple of pieces of timber.
Just wondering if anyone here would know where to buy these and whether any particular brand is better than another. Gav mentioned he thought not too many places stocked these.
Thanks
John
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28th November 2009, 09:39 PM #2China
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Have not seen the "Protractor" type but a normal roofing square would be stocked at any decent tool merchant
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29th November 2009, 09:13 AM #3Intermediate Member
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Hi China the protractor type you move one of the arms about to match an angle on a roof. Or you can set the desired angle on the protractor scale. One side of this metal square has an edge that you can butt against a power saw to make a cut.
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29th November 2009, 09:50 AM #4Member
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It sounds like you are talking about a saw protractor rather than a roofing square. Most tool shops sell them even the big B I think.
Ben
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29th November 2009, 10:28 AM #5
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29th November 2009, 10:33 AM #6Intermediate Member
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Cheers DJ... thanks for the link.... that's the item and fairly reasonably priced too!
Cheers
John
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