Sticky Combination Squares

DerbyDad03 · 2021-12-21T22:54:40+00:00

I've been using a combination square from Empire for years. Last month I was working with my daughter's boyfriend at her house and he said that he never used one of them before. (He works for his dad's concrete company. He's really handy, just doesn't do much precision work.)So I figured I'd get him a combination square for Christmas. Coincidentally, Lee Valley sent me an email for this set, so I bought one for him, and thinking that they might be a step up from my old Empire, I bought a set for myself. to my Empire, sliding the head(s) on the rule(s) is like trying to slide a rock up hill. There's way too much drag. I tried GlideCoat but it barely helped. Just to be sure that it wasn't just because my Empire was all broken in, I ordered a $13 Empire from Amazon. It slides as smooth as butter and that's what I'm going to give him instead. They are probably both made in China, but I would have hoped thatLee Valley's items would be a little better from a usage perspective. Not in this case they aren't.

Dec 21, 2021 Last reply: 4 years ago 40 Replies

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DerbyDad03 4 years ago

That's interesting. That's how I feel about the LV combo squares, (really hard to set) yet the Empires I bought on Amazon, as well an my old Empire, slide like butter.

I'll have to try one at HD next time I'm there.

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