Folding Saddle Squares

Flawless Joinery Starts with Precision Layout

Tenons are perfect examples of layouts that require precise registration of lines on edges and faces of your stock. With just two placements of the square (instead of 4), it’s much easier to mark the shoulder line all the way around the board.

In the same way, having the Folding Saddle Square wrap along the end and down the edge saves you time and effort when laying out the cheek cuts of your tenons.

Another prime example where face and edge alignment are crucial is cross-dowel joinery. The bolt hole and the cross-dowel hole must intersect precisely or the threads won’t line up. The Folding Saddle Square gives you that perfect alignment automatically.

So far, we’ve looked at square cornersbut the Folding Saddle Square works just as well on angles larger than 90. Lay out spline locations on hexagonal and octagonal boxes. Lay out angled bridle joints in table and chair construction. Carry layout lines around corners in multi-sided rooms. Anywhere you need to mark the same dimension on two adjacent faces, the Folding Saddle Squares will get the job done.

The two Folding Saddle Squares differ only in size. They have exactly the same design, just scaled down for the smaller one. In both, the joint is engineered to have no lateral play, yet adjust easily to match the face and edge of your material. The larger is 1-1/2″ wide and 7-1/2″ overall length. The smaller is 1″ x 5″.

Like all Woodpeckers products, the Folding Saddle Squares are precisely machined and carefully inspected right here in our Strongsville, Ohio, facility just south of Cleveland.