Understand Framing Square Anatomy

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The video begins by introducing the framing square and detailing its main components. The presenter identifies the 'face' and 'back' of the square. The corner where the two arms meet is called the 'heel'. The thinner, shorter arm is the 'tongue', which measures 1.5 inches wide and 16 inches long from outside to outside, or 14 inches from inside to inside. The wider, longer arm is the 'body' or 'blade', measuring 2 inches wide and 24 inches long from outside to outside, or 22.5 inches from inside to inside.

Goal: Identify and name the parts of a framing square, along with their standard dimensions.

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Framing Square — Demonstrating parts and measurements
Pencil — Pointing to parts of the square

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Let's get after it. Before we get into all the uses of a framing square, let's learn a little bit of nomenclature. So, to start out, you have your face of a framing square, and you have the back of your framing square. Now, the corner here is called the heel. Now, this thinner, shorter leg right here is called the tongue. And the tongue is an inch and a half wide. And from outside to outside it's 16, inside to inside is 14. This wider part and longer leg of the framing square is called the body or the blade. Outside to outside is 24, inside to inside is 22 and a half. And it's 2 in wide. Now, this being inch and a half

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