A machinist square, also called an engineer's square, is the metalworker's counterpart to a woodworker's try square. It consists of a steel blade set into a heavier body at a ninety-degree angle, either welded or pinned in place, and it usually has a small notch at the inside corner of the square so that stray particles cannot build up there and throw off the square's accuracy.
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A machinist square or engineer's square is the metalworkers' equivalent of a try square.
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