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Just checked out Micro Mark, and they have multiple options for you.
Lee Valley has a Veritas “pocket square” that may br what you’re looking for.
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Veritas 1 1/2" Pocket Layout Square - Lee Valley Tools
Discover the Veritas 1 1/2" Pocket Layout Square. Buy this product now on our Lee Valley online store.
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I have this set, the various sizes have proved useful.
Grizzly H2993 Machinist's Square Set, 4-Piece - Amazon.com
Grizzly H2993 Machinist's Square Set, 4-Piece - Amazon.com
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I have a set of machinist squares and love them but for really small squares, Lego blocks work very well on edge or laying flat. My grandkids gave me a few pieces from their sets when they were really young and I have been using them on occasion for over 10 years.
Allan
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As Allan said above, you can use lego blocks. They are quite small and handy. You can also get a machinists block (also called 1 2 3 blocks sometimes) which work well. I got a pair of them from Amazon for under $20 USD.
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They also make good weights for holding parts that clamps won't reach while the glue dries.
Highly recommendLee Valley has a Veritas “pocket square” that may br what you’re looking for.
Veritas 1 1/2" Pocket Layout Square - Lee Valley Tools
Discover the Veritas 1 1/2" Pocket Layout Square. Buy this product now on our Lee Valley online store.
This is what I ordered yesterday from Aliexpress -
supposed to be carbon steel. If that is too big to go between two bulkheads, I ordered a triangle set made of aluminium, and I will cut it to size. It will be stiffer than the Artesania micro PE triangle that costs A$20.
supposed to be carbon steel. If that is too big to go between two bulkheads, I ordered a triangle set made of aluminium, and I will cut it to size. It will be stiffer than the Artesania micro PE triangle that costs A$20.
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I 3d printed my two squares for truing up bulkheads.
As Allan suggested the lego block are great for squaring and holding the bulkheads in place as they dry.
And as Russ and Corsair suggest the 1,2,3, blocks are inexpensive and have a lot of uses. Here is am using one to weigh down a deck being glued into place.
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"There's a tool for that." department:
While I have a number of small model-makers' machinists' squares, the one I use far more often that the rest by far is a MicroMark "thin beam" square. They cost about $20, but I got mine when they were a "loss leader" on sale for much less. The MicroMark catalog shows them as out of stock at the moment, but it's the sort of tool that is probably made in China and sold by a lot of other people, besides MicroMark. They also make a 45-degree thin beam "square."
The pictures below clearly show the advantage of the thin beam. With the sizes of material we regularly use modeling ships, the usual squares have much thicker beams and thus require a "lifting piece" below the workpiece to provide the clearance necessary to get the blade to lay flat on the workpiece in order to strike a straight line with a pencil or knife. If you are going to only buy one machinists' square for modeling, this would be the one to get. I enjoy having my thick beamed squares and they do have their uses, especially when used on their beam ends which keep the blade standing straight, but for the tasks pictured below, which ship modelers and model railroaders perform far more frequently, there's no substitute for a thin beam square.
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micromark.com
While I have a number of small model-makers' machinists' squares, the one I use far more often that the rest by far is a MicroMark "thin beam" square. They cost about $20, but I got mine when they were a "loss leader" on sale for much less. The MicroMark catalog shows them as out of stock at the moment, but it's the sort of tool that is probably made in China and sold by a lot of other people, besides MicroMark. They also make a 45-degree thin beam "square."
The pictures below clearly show the advantage of the thin beam. With the sizes of material we regularly use modeling ships, the usual squares have much thicker beams and thus require a "lifting piece" below the workpiece to provide the clearance necessary to get the blade to lay flat on the workpiece in order to strike a straight line with a pencil or knife. If you are going to only buy one machinists' square for modeling, this would be the one to get. I enjoy having my thick beamed squares and they do have their uses, especially when used on their beam ends which keep the blade standing straight, but for the tasks pictured below, which ship modelers and model railroaders perform far more frequently, there's no substitute for a thin beam square.
Thin Beam Square | Precision Marking & Cutting Tool | Micro-Mark
Achieve clean, accurate scribe lines and knife cuts with this Thin Beam Square. Ground steel design works on stock up to 4" wide and 1/16" thick.
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45-Degree Beam Square | Thin Beam Hobby Square | Micro-Mark
45-Degree Beam Square with an extra-thin profile is perfect for marking, scribing, and cutting sheet stock in wood, plastic, or metal hobby projects.
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