DFM Tool Works Small Carpenter Square with Fixed Miter Angle Pin (Blue, 3.5" x 3.75", Solid Steel, Alloy Steel)

This little square is well made with extremely accurate measurement marks. It’s become my go to quick marking device. Because of its small size, it’s easy to put in a pocket, staying handy for a quick mark and transferring marks round limber edges. Because of its accuracy and size, I now reach for this square much more often than my old traditional carpenter square.

I love the quality it is 90 deg sharp but it’s 7 cm only and I wish it was at least 12 cm

So I bought this with the intention of replacing my Milwaukee trim square. The pins that allow you to mark specific angles without guess work are great and the tiny holes are accurate. Unfortunately the first time I put it my tool pouch it scratched the coating. I’m not confident with continued use that the coating will hold up espically at $44 save your money and get a $11 Milwaukee trim square that will last. It would be 5 stars if they put a durable coating on it to make it last.

I'd take this over woodpeckers any day. It's perfectly square, and the holes for increments are perfect.

Ive has this for a month now. Ive been working towards turning to metric exclusively for woodworking and this square was one of my first conversion pieces. Its a solid option for quick angle/miter references on a 2x4 and marking small rip cuts. The holes are accurate but need a really thin tip to mark through. Its also a dead-on reference square for checking 90 and 45 degree angles on saws. I use it to square up my jig, track and circular saw. I’d bet it would also serve a miter and table saw too, don't have those. Another positive is it fits right into my apron pocket, much easier to have on me than my other speed squares. For that reason alone I can see this being one of my most commonly used squares. Best part is its a US made product, its nice to support local businesses! One suggestion id make is having a flavor of this with embedded magnets so it can attach to ferrous surfaces. I offhandedly use this as a machinist square and it works well but it likes to fall over while im working. One minor nitpick is the pins to set other angles are slightly shaky which can slightly throw the angle off. Im not really going for high precision work with my woodworking and I don't often work outside of 45/90 angles. But its something to consider for someone who does care & plans to use this for any non standard angle. For that reason Im deducting a star on accuracy, arguably half star deduction since its minor but the review system doesn't allow finesse. Its still completely usable and this is still a 5 star product. If you want to be dead-on with non-standard angles have a digital protractor handy to double check. Its hard to beat this level of accuracy on a budget, I applaud DFM for setting a moderate price point on it. Its easy to sink a lot of money as a woodworker, this serves as a perfect entry point square or as a substitute to larger squares for a variety of use cases.