@@thetallcarpenter You'll love it Del, no need to lug a heavy pattern on and off stack and walk up and down marking both ends. I cut a load of top plumb cuts first and then rattled them out with a tape and the square, easy. I really like how easy it makes switching from rafter angle to hip angle, no need to look it up.
excellent video, i brought the roofing square for a job i was doing and i priced it in as part of cost of fitting the roof, so basically i got it for free, and absolutely it is an excellent peace of kit....
Well done Del. I've always taught that Dan's roofing square was a brilliant idea. Even if you mark out a pattern rafter with it, and then the hips are so easy to mark out with it Here in Ireland 🇮🇪Any carpenter's I know of I tell them to look it up and buy one.👌🔨🪚🇮🇪😎
It's been mega on the roof I've been doing Paul, as its got 10 hips, all with the same pitch and height above plate measurement😲so once the square is set, it's quick and simple to mark them👊Cheers Del
I got one from Dan at the last tool fair. I remember watching his first video about it and when he said you had to measure the length of each rafter, I must admit I was a bit skeptical. I would always cut a pattern and the thought of measuring each one seemed a backward step. Anyway when I met Dan he countered that argument with the fact that physically it's just far easier to measure a rafter than to keep lifting a pattern on and off, particularly when you're working alone and as is so often the case, rafters are 6 , 7 , or even 8 x 2. They're just to damn heavy now. Gone are the days when it was all 4 x 2. Well i've just finished a BIG cut roof with long and heavy 6 x 2 rafters, joined over an ashlar wall so birdsmouths everywhere, and Dan's square was great. Very easy to set and reset, no big pattern rafters to lug about, great for doing the hips like Del has just shown. The only very slight issue is that it only really works on one side of the rafter, but thats fairly easy to work around. I also found it useful for setting the backing line from an existing rafter or one that you have already fixed, just sit it on the rafter and adjust it accordingly. All in all a great tool.
Hi Nick🖐 Yes it does only mark on one side of the rafter, which I think is more suited to right handed people, but like you say, that's pretty easy to get used to and accommodate for👍I know what you mean about setting it from a rafter you've already fixed which is handy if you were alternating it from hips to rafters👊Cheers Del
I guess that makes sense Arthur👊I'm finding a really handy square to have, and certainly makes marking and cutting rafters pretty quick and easy👍Have a good week bud😎Cheers Del
Can't show you pics here, ..but bought myself the roofing square.. fixed it to my van door..ready for next roof.. thinking of building me a Summer house with larch cladding.
Mine arrived this morning, she's a beautiful bit of kit. Precise engineering and built like a tank. I got an ultra fine tip sharpie and marked all the graduations in black to make them stand out. I like the mod you made to the knobs T.C, 👍 A scale on the birds mouth arm would be nice as well. Dan Cox is the man, 👍 😁 🔨 🇮🇪
Hi TN🖐hope you ate well bud🤞Yes, Dan's square is beautifully made, and I'm glad I took the time to file grips into the knows as my hands get sweaty and I struggled to tighten them before😬Cheers Del
He knows his roofing Dan Cox. And now with the help of Roger he is getting a lot of air time to hopefully sell more of his product. Now that he is getting more comfortable in front of the camera. Not something I would even contemplate being filmed. Don't even like having my photo taken really. The main reason though is I know too much about too many trades. But not enough about one to show anyone else how to do it. Jack of all Master of none as they say. There is another good easy roofing square out there developed by a young Aussie apprentice called the Roofus. I have one of those. It works as a normal everyday sliding square but gives you roof cuts as well. Quite brilliant. All these modern gadgets and apps to make the job easier. The only assistance I had years ago was the little blue book. The roof pitchers guide. Still have my copy well used.
Hi Dave🖐Is your little book similar to the Roofing Ready Reckoner🤔I've met Dan a few times now, and he has a real eye for, either adapting existing tools or designing and making his own🤘 He's quite a lateral, outside the box thinker🤔Have a good week😎Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter That is exactly what it is. The weird thing is When I was using it in the UK I used all the imperial calculations no problem. Can't seem to get my head around the metric version. No longer have any imperial tapes. But then I never get to pitch anything these days. Or very seldom and I just look at an app for reference.
Hi Del Great to see you using the square , any thing that makes life easier I say. that roof has been a bit of a B it has to be said but patience prevailed on your part .
Hi Peter🖐Its the first opportunity to use the square, and even then, its only been on the hips🤔But its great for those once is set up, and a real time saver👍Cheers Del
Ah, well spotted bud🤓I get particularly sweaty hands, (that's why all my tools a rusty😬), and found id difficult get the knobs down nice and tight, so I simply put them in a vice and filed grooves in👊 I can get them up nice and tight now👍Cheers Del
I’m sure it’s an excellent tool, but I prefer my metric roofing square with fence and a pattern rafter for all my hand cut roofs. Maybe I’ll try it one day though 🤔
Hi Matt🖐I'm probably a bit too set in my ways now, but I genuinely would like to know/learn how to use a square with a fence, as I know there is a lot you can do/work out with one👊Cheers Del
Hi del, I’m no roofer but enjoy your videos and the roofing ones, can I ask why you mark an arch when measuring down the length for the birds mouth? Cheers
Hi Wjm🖐I make an arched pencil mark as I don't know exactly where the interesting point of the birdsmouth plumb cut and seat are, (the corner of the birdsmouth), until I slide the roofing square up to this mark. 👍Hope that makes sense 🤞Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Hi Dave🖐If you mean how to set out and cut hip rafters, then check out another video on my channel where I go through it, step by step👊Cheers Delua-cam.com/video/A-_wQlpqL1s/v-deo.html
I keep thinking about getting one but in the back of my mind I always ask myself will I make the money back in 8 years as that's when I plan on retiring, at the moment I've got 2 Stanley squares so that I can set one up for common and the other for hip rafters. I might do what someone else has and add it to the price of my next roof then it doesn't matter
Del boy I've seen you using a Stanley Square too ,would you say Mr cox's Square would be a good addition to the tool box too or stick with Stanley Square?? 🥵
Hi Matthew🖐If you were doing lot's of traditional type roofing with repetitive birds mouths to cut, then yes, Dans square is a really great time and labour saver👊 I do a lot of trussed roofs, but still cut a fair few birds mouths on rafters and hips, and its nice to be able to grab it and set it up for those, even if there's not that many to do👍Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter Totally agree,if you have numerous bird mouth's to cut, it saves you a lot of time.And if you a lot of bird mouth's to cut, I find a jigsaw quicker to use..
@thetallcarpenter hi Del. I noticed that it's available now in both imperial and metric. Apart from the obvious can you think of a reason why we in Europe would buy the imperial one over the metric version? I see the metric one you demo had degrees on where the imperial has numbers I assume are rise over run, or 6_12 pitch for example.
Thanks Del for the great video showing how to mark out a hip.
I can send customers this way now to watch it and learn. 🙌🏻
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My pleasure Dan🤗I'm looking forward to the next full hand cut roof where I can use it cutting birds mouths on common👊Have a good week fella😎Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter can’t beat a nice cut roof. 👊🏻
Thanks Del, it should be a great week. 😉
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@@thetallcarpenter You'll love it Del, no need to lug a heavy pattern on and off stack and walk up and down marking both ends.
I cut a load of top plumb cuts first and then rattled them out with a tape and the square, easy. I really like how easy it makes switching from rafter angle to hip angle, no need to look it up.
@@nickhaley4663 I'm looking forward to using it a pile of hand cut commons Nick😎😎
Two legends of the trade working together THE DEL AND DAN SHOW brilliant 👍
He's a great chippie for sure Karl👊 (I'm just winging it😆) Cheers Del
Thanks Karl!
Now that’s a catchy name for a show. 😲
Excellent square. Dan did a great job making that 👍
He certainly did Tyler🤘Cheers Del
Had the pleasure of meeting Dan Cox a few weeks ago in high Wycombe. Lovely bloke and what a great but simple idea
Hi Samuel,
Thank you, that was a very hot tool show. 🥵
🙌🏻
What you see is what you get with Mr.Cox Samuel🤩Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter aye him and my mate started talking about the good old days so I went for a walk around 😂
Well done Del and Dan , very well made tool 👍🇮🇪☘️👏👏
It's proper quality John😎Cheers Del
Nice tool!
Very nice Robin😍Cheers Del
Great piece of kit Del !!! Thanks for the video, very interesting 👍
It's certainly useful Michael👍Cheers Del
excellent video, i brought the roofing square for a job i was doing and i priced it in as part of cost of fitting the roof, so basically i got it for free, and absolutely it is an excellent peace of kit....
Hi Errol, hope you are well bud🤞Sounds like you came out on top on your job there mate👊Cheers Del
Thanks Errol.. good man. 🤙🏻
That’s a great idea
i got one just before christmas, haven't had a chance to use it yet, but I will ;-)
You're gonna love it Ian🤩Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Well done Del. I've always taught that Dan's roofing square was a brilliant idea. Even if you mark out a pattern rafter with it, and then the hips are so easy to mark out with it Here in Ireland 🇮🇪Any carpenter's I know of I tell them to look it up and buy one.👌🔨🪚🇮🇪😎
It's been mega on the roof I've been doing Paul, as its got 10 hips, all with the same pitch and height above plate measurement😲so once the square is set, it's quick and simple to mark them👊Cheers Del
Thanks Paul. Happy roofing. 🙌
It really is that simple, a fantastic piece of kit that every roofing carpenter should have in he’s armoury
Hi Mark🖐Its party piece is really how easy it makes setting out rafters and cutting them, but equally as good on hips😎Cheers Del
Thanks for the support Mark. 🙌🏻
It's a brilliant piece of kit, makes setting out so easy, if your doing roofs, then it's an essential item to have, speeds up the job..
@@stuartandrews4344 thank you.
I got one from Dan at the last tool fair. I remember watching his first video about it and when he said you had to measure the length of each rafter, I must admit I was a bit skeptical.
I would always cut a pattern and the thought of measuring each one seemed a backward step.
Anyway when I met Dan he countered that argument with the fact that physically it's just far easier to measure a rafter than to keep lifting a pattern on and off, particularly when you're working alone and as is so often the case, rafters are 6 , 7 , or even 8 x 2. They're just to damn heavy now. Gone are the days when it was all 4 x 2.
Well i've just finished a BIG cut roof with long and heavy 6 x 2 rafters, joined over an ashlar wall so birdsmouths everywhere, and Dan's square was great.
Very easy to set and reset, no big pattern rafters to lug about, great for doing the hips like Del has just shown.
The only very slight issue is that it only really works on one side of the rafter, but thats fairly easy to work around.
I also found it useful for setting the backing line from an existing rafter or one that you have already fixed, just sit it on the rafter and adjust it accordingly.
All in all a great tool.
Thanks Nick for a great comment. 🤝
Hi Nick🖐 Yes it does only mark on one side of the rafter, which I think is more suited to right handed people, but like you say, that's pretty easy to get used to and accommodate for👍I know what you mean about setting it from a rafter you've already fixed which is handy if you were alternating it from hips to rafters👊Cheers Del
Looks like it is nearly new pencil day!
I had a new pencil on the go Jeremy, I just couldn't put my hand to it right then😬Cheers Del
nifty piece of kit, have seen a few of Dan's vlogs as well using the square I suppose he has too use it as he did create it.
I guess that makes sense Arthur👊I'm finding a really handy square to have, and certainly makes marking and cutting rafters pretty quick and easy👍Have a good week bud😎Cheers Del
Can't show you pics here, ..but bought myself the roofing square.. fixed it to my van door..ready for next roof.. thinking of building me a Summer house with larch cladding.
Like this David🤩
ua-cam.com/video/eHFaNWPAyRk/v-deo.html
Great tool and good luck with your project👊Cheers Del
great vid Del hope youre getting a cut !! out of the square you made that look so simple
Its crazy simple once its set up Tomo 👊 and I've got no problem promoting a decent tool👍Cheers Del
Mine arrived this morning, she's a beautiful bit of kit. Precise engineering and built like a tank. I got an ultra fine tip sharpie and marked all the graduations in black to make them stand out. I like the mod you made to the knobs T.C, 👍 A scale on the birds mouth arm would be nice as well. Dan Cox is the man, 👍 😁 🔨 🇮🇪
Hi TN🖐hope you ate well bud🤞Yes, Dan's square is beautifully made, and I'm glad I took the time to file grips into the knows as my hands get sweaty and I struggled to tighten them before😬Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter Good man T.C, 👍 I must make a holder for my new square for my van. Maybe a rosewood display case with cut glass and over lighting!
@@TheToolnut Only the best will do TN😜
@@thetallcarpenter 👍😁🔨🇮🇪
He knows his roofing Dan Cox. And now with the help of Roger he is getting a lot of air time to hopefully sell more of his product. Now that he is getting more comfortable in front of the camera. Not something I would even contemplate being filmed. Don't even like having my photo taken really. The main reason though is I know too much about too many trades. But not enough about one to show anyone else how to do it. Jack of all Master of none as they say. There is another good easy roofing square out there developed by a young Aussie apprentice called the Roofus. I have one of those. It works as a normal everyday sliding square but gives you roof cuts as well. Quite brilliant. All these modern gadgets and apps to make the job easier. The only assistance I had years ago was the little blue book. The roof pitchers guide. Still have my copy well used.
Hi Dave🖐Is your little book similar to the Roofing Ready Reckoner🤔I've met Dan a few times now, and he has a real eye for, either adapting existing tools or designing and making his own🤘 He's quite a lateral, outside the box thinker🤔Have a good week😎Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter That is exactly what it is. The weird thing is When I was using it in the UK I used all the imperial calculations no problem. Can't seem to get my head around the metric version. No longer have any imperial tapes. But then I never get to pitch anything these days. Or very seldom and I just look at an app for reference.
@@davetaylor4741 I never actually owned the book Dave, but I remember the guy that taught had one, and it was battered😮
Brilliant piece of equipment👌
It's very well made and thought out Dominic👊Cheers Del
Daniel has made a good bit of kit there Del
Its proper quality Luke, and really cool that its made here in the UK 👊 Cheers Del
Hi Del Great to see you using the square , any thing that makes life easier I say. that roof has been a bit of a B it has to be said but patience prevailed on your part .
Hi Peter🖐Its the first opportunity to use the square, and even then, its only been on the hips🤔But its great for those once is set up, and a real time saver👍Cheers Del
Dan is the man and as you guys teamed up at BCL I christened you the Tall and the Small carpenters great team 😁👍🏼👍🏼🤙🏽🧱
Hi Steve🖐You've just given me am idea for new UA-cam channel🤪Have a good week mate😎Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter 😁🤙🏾🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks chaps. 👊🏻
@@Ultimate-roofing-square. 😁🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽
It would be a pleasure to be a owner of an exceptional tool, by an equally exceptional carpenter like Dan Cox.
It's a cracking tool Kevin👊and it's inventor is a pretty sharp cookie 🍪 Cheers bud
@@thetallcarpenter I agree, since James and Ian left Skillbuilder I always find Dan's appearances the best, especially when he on a roof. 👍👍👍
@@thetallcarpenter 🙈
@@amazing451 thanks for your great support. 🙏🏼
It looks a great tool but the swanson speed square does everything if you master it .maybe i miss something?
Hi Marty🖐I'm not familiar with the Swanson square you mention, or if you can set it to cut the birdsmouth like this one🤔I'll check it out👍Cheers Del
Great tool that !!
Sure is Adrian👊Cheers Del
Thanks Adrian. 🙌🏻
Great tool👍
It really is Paddy🤘Cheers Del
Del your roofing square has better knobs than mine 😂
Ah, well spotted bud🤓I get particularly sweaty hands, (that's why all my tools a rusty😬), and found id difficult get the knobs down nice and tight, so I simply put them in a vice and filed grooves in👊 I can get them up nice and tight now👍Cheers Del
I’m sure it’s an excellent tool, but I prefer my metric roofing square with fence and a pattern rafter for all my hand cut roofs. Maybe I’ll try it one day though 🤔
Hi Matt🖐I'm probably a bit too set in my ways now, but I genuinely would like to know/learn how to use a square with a fence, as I know there is a lot you can do/work out with one👊Cheers Del
Agree with you Matt, it does look good, but l don’t need another piece of kit to carry when the roofing square does so much more
Hi del, I’m no roofer but enjoy your videos and the roofing ones, can I ask why you mark an arch when measuring down the length for the birds mouth? Cheers
Hi Wjm🖐I make an arched pencil mark as I don't know exactly where the interesting point of the birdsmouth plumb cut and seat are, (the corner of the birdsmouth), until I slide the roofing square up to this mark. 👍Hope that makes sense 🤞Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter perfect sense del and thanks for the reply
Great video where can I learn this? How about some horse trading for free labour in exchange for some training
Cheers
Hi Dave🖐If you mean how to set out and cut hip rafters, then check out another video on my channel where I go through it, step by step👊Cheers Delua-cam.com/video/A-_wQlpqL1s/v-deo.html
So easy you can do it one handed…. Just showing off Del 😂😂😂
I need a third hand Doug😆Cheers Del
I need me one of those bad boys
I'm glad I've got one Gary👊Cheers Del
I keep thinking about getting one but in the back of my mind I always ask myself will I make the money back in 8 years as that's when I plan on retiring, at the moment I've got 2 Stanley squares so that I can set one up for common and the other for hip rafters.
I might do what someone else has and add it to the price of my next roof then it doesn't matter
I hear you Ilija🤓and its a fair chunk of dough, especially if you're on the final approach to stopping🤔 Decisions, deciisions🤪Cheers Del
Makes its money on one roof ....
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Have a good week Pete😎Cheers Del
Del boy I've seen you using a Stanley Square too ,would you say Mr cox's Square would be a good addition to the tool box too or stick with Stanley Square?? 🥵
Hi Matthew🖐If you were doing lot's of traditional type roofing with repetitive birds mouths to cut, then yes, Dans square is a really great time and labour saver👊 I do a lot of trussed roofs, but still cut a fair few birds mouths on rafters and hips, and its nice to be able to grab it and set it up for those, even if there's not that many to do👍Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter Totally agree,if you have numerous bird mouth's to cut, it saves you a lot of time.And if you a lot of bird mouth's to cut, I find a jigsaw quicker to use..
Can it be used on common rafters too?
Hi Dan🖐It's brilliant for cutting commons bud👊Cheers Del
@thetallcarpenter hi Del. I noticed that it's available now in both imperial and metric. Apart from the obvious can you think of a reason why we in Europe would buy the imperial one over the metric version?
I see the metric one you demo had degrees on where the imperial has numbers I assume are rise over run, or 6_12 pitch for example.
New toy?
Oh yeah Garviel🤩It's a great tool👊Cheers Del
He's a bit clever that Mr Cox
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He sure is Jim😵Cheers fella🤘
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Hmm, too big for me.
Hi there🖐Ironically, its size is awesome when cutting bigger rafters and hips👊Cheers Del