Beautifully made from stainless steel, the Shinwa mitre square is a highly useful layout tool.
Square and 45 degree lines can be placed with accuracy and ease, as can parallel marks and opposite angles thanks to the cut-outs in the web.
Both scales read vertical centimetres, the square side starting from the base of the foot and the angled side from the top of it.
As well as the obvious applications for marking out crosscuts, shoulders, mitres, mitred dovetails etc it is also handy for sliding under things to measure the gap as the foot itself is dead on 5mm thick so it's easy to transpose if necessary.
