Doug Miller wrote:

whatever length. Or simply buy such a square in the first place. Starrett
makes an excellent 12" combination square, which can be had for about
US$60 if you shop around some.

So here's the $50,000 question. How do they guarantee the squareness of
their squares considering the horrors of shipping? Are they individually
packaged in some kind of shock resistant box or something?

I'm rather serious. Seems to me unless they courier it to you directly and
only entrust it to a driver who knows what it is, and who is paid to be
extremely careful, could they possibly ensure the kind of tolerances you're
talking about. Somebody jiggles a pallet the wrong way and the carton of
expensive squares falls 13' to the ground.....

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