Fence for framing square

Here is a fence for a rafter square, made at least 30 years ago.

Also shown, is a model roof, designed for an international competition. The competitors may face disqualification if they have to replace more than one component. I would have been disqualified multiple times! It is in front of the unnecessarily complicated bicycle shed I built, which has 3 gables, 5 walls & 8 roof planes. (And only one right angle in plan)

Pages shown are from a book by Alex Smith, "Steel Square Roofing", published 1947, by Robertson & Mullins, which another chap at college kindly lent me to photocopy. Attachment 7017Attachment 7018Attachment 7014Attachment 7015Attachment 7016

Philip,

You made a beautiful and very functional rafter square. It would be an interesting tool in a smaller scale for use in the shop.

I think the builder of any house with your complicated roof line would appreciate seeing the model before building full scale. I can see why some custom home builders are prefabbing some of the more complicated roof components offsite (e.g., barrel roof dormers and eyebrow dormers) rather than stick-build onsite.

Thanks for the tool posting, Paul

Thank you, Paul. But I did not make the square, only the fence.

Thanks Philip! We've added your Rafter Square Fence to our Angle Guides and Try Squares category, as well as to your builder page: Philip Davies' Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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