This steel square guide book titled Essential Guide to the Steel Square: How to Figure Everything Out with One Simple Tool, No Batteries Required is authored by veteran woodworker Ken Horner. It focuses on the steel square, one of the “time-honored” hand tools in the world of woodworking, as well as other trades.

The Fox Chapel-published title is available on Amazon where it has a 4.7/5 stars score (729 ratings as of this writing). Readers can choose from Kindle, Paperback, and Spiral-bound formats.

Essential Guide to the Steel Square: Key Features

• The Steel Square: The book reveals the tool’s capabilities, which is an all-important tool for woodworkers of all levels (“no batteries required”).
• A Reliable Reference: Basically, the book is a practical reference for woodworkers, carpenters, and DIY enthusiasts.
• Problem Solver: Horner’s book teaches how to solve problems related to angles, arcs, circles, and squares, using the tool
• Practical Advice: Essential Guide offers practical advice, as well as rules and skill-building exercises.
• Images: The book also comes with hundreds of illustrations and diagrams to make the learning experience clearer and more enjoyable.

About the Author

Essential Guide to the Steel Square author Ken Horn is a member of the South Bay Woodworkers Association. He is also a retired organic chemist and computer consultant who now resides in Sunnyvale, CA.

Here are more titles from Ken Horn that readers can purchase on Amazon:

• Woodworkers’ Essential Facts, Formulas & Short-Cuts
• More Woodworkers’ Essential Facts, Formulas & Short-Cuts

More Titles From Fox Chapel

Fox Chapel Publishing is a US-based publishing company that is popular for their woodworking and specialty craft books and magazines.

Here are more titles from Fox Chapel (all books are available on Amazon as of this writing):

• Scroll Saw Workbook (3rd Edition)
• Complete Table Saw Book
• Bob Lang’s The Complete Kitchen Cabinet Maker
• Carving Faces Workbook
• 20-Minute Whittling Projects