8" Clamp Squares

The reason I know it’s not as accurate? People who buy woodpeckers stuff tell me it isn’t! I’m just being facetious...of course it’s not as good as woodpeckers but it’s more than good enough for me. I do A lot of pocket hole joinery and these are great in that application. They are 90° and work fantastic for everything I do. However, it’s not nearly as good as woodpeckers products but… It’s about 1/10 the price. I will continue to buy everything (practically) that Milescraft sells because they are the best value on the market.

I have used these on several projects and they work very well with different clamps. Don't take up a lot of room and are light weight.

In theory these look great. The size is perfect for many home DIY projects, and the available matching clamps work well enough. Unfortunately the execution leaves a lot to be desired. The flexible construction of the plastic renders them useless for any kind of precision work. The manufacturer should have opted for a more rigid material or more reinforcement in the design. So long as you are aware of their shortcomings, these are ok for "rustic" projects where you don't need the work pieces to be anything close to perfectly square. They work well as a rough guide to get things nearly square. For the price they are fine for things like building garage/closet shelving, rustic furniture with framing lumber etc. Just don't expect to use these for cabinets, drawers or any kind of fine finish work where details matter. The plastic material flexes enough that your project might look perfectly square when clamped, but when you remove the clamps your project may not be square at all. This happens because rather than pulling your work pieces square when clamping, the plastic can just flex instead. Not very useful if you need your project to be square, which is the whole point of using these after all. If you want a more precise product that won't flex, look at the aluminum versions that cost a bit more.

I have several sets of these. I purchased them in the sets that come with their universal fence clamps. They are accurate, checked with a steel square. They are very versatile, not just for clamping things at glue up. I would like to say one thing that really matters, that most times is not shared "Customer Service". I did have to contact MilesCraft customer service on some of these. There was a set out of several that in my opinion were just too far out of square and the legs were also not straight. I contacted them via email, and to my surprise had a response in a day or two. Well less than a week or more. Exchanged some info, and to my surprise with in a week or so replacements were sitting at my door. Thank you MilesCraft. While I buy tools from many sources and brands MilesCraft is always a stop.

Work as well as the national woodworking store brand at a much better price. Only complaint was with delivery, and I don't know if this falls on the individual merchant or Amazon, but they arrived a day late (and in the evening of the arrival day) causing me to lose 2 days of productivity.

I bought Milescraft 4011 8" ClampSquares with one set of clamps, Milescraft 4009 FenceClamps- Universal,Silver, I created a square frame, from 4 pieces of wood cut at the ends in 45 degrees thickness 1/2". it came perfect, I could use a nailer, and glue to compete the job. look simple, and provide best results. Here is my experience with other products: I ordered those products after trying Quick-Jaw Right Angle 90 Degree Corner Clamp for Welding, Wood-working, Photo Framing, from Harbor Freight with quick release (which you can find on amazon from several brands - Most likely made in China products). it was hard to adjust it flat, as the jaws tend to lift the wood when you apply pressure to fix it in place, one I used the nailer (18GA) the 2 pieces separated.

Price was right so I guess I should be willing to live with the flexibility of the plastic where it doesn't hold the square very straight.

These squares are good value !! Makes 90 degrees angles nicely !! Another must have in the woodworkers toolbox !!

One of the items is about 89° You can see it in the pictures. Returned it. Update: Amazon replaced the items in 24 hours and this pair are each 90°. Well done!

robusto; ótimo custo beneficio

It’s useful, I ordered second set!

Ya he comprado artículos de esta marca y son bastante buenos, platico que no se deforma y ayuda perfecto para tus proyectos, solo llegan las escuadras solas, excelentes!

These were much larger than I expected, but that turned out to be very useful. The existing corner mitre clamp that I owned was too shallow to get past an chamfered edge. These brackets, mated to the fence clamps proved to be the ideal solution for holding the whole project together. They are light weight and quite rigid and extremely versatile.