I was wrong about using a speed square for everything

I was helping a friend frame a garage in Bend last month, and I kept using my speed square to mark rafters. An old timer on the site saw me and said, 'Kid, you're fighting that tool. Grab a framing square for the long lines.' I tried it and the cuts were way faster and more accurate. Has anyone else had a tool they used wrong for way too long?

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4 Comments

derek_ross1mo ago

Reminds me of using the wrong drill bit for concrete for years.

simonlee1mo ago

That's just how we learn, by sticking with what works until it doesn't.

adam4141mo ago

Totally get what you're saying, @simonlee. I did the same thing with my old car, just adding oil instead of fixing the real leak. It worked fine for months until the whole thing blew up on the highway. That moment when your fix stops working really does force you to learn the right way. Sometimes you need that total failure to finally change your method.

jenny421mo ago

Ngl it's like that with so many stuff. You just get used to doing things the hard way because it's all you know.