46-22 12-Inch Steel Combination Square

Starting the DIY summer projects.

They are well built, I have had mine for more than 30 years and still going strong.

I have had a Stanley 12" combination square with a brass thumb wheel for 40 years. I decided to buy a second one a few years ago as the numbers were getting hard to read on the ruler. The new one has a plastic thumb wheel, and it has stripped in a very short time. Stanley is sending me a new one with a plastic thumb screw, that will probably strip. It would cost Stanley less to provide a brass thumb screw with new squares rather than shipping me a new one under warranty,and keep the Stanley quality reputation. Also of note, a competitor's combination square comes with a brass thumb screw, and notes it on the packaging. So I would assume this is a known issue that can easily be fixed by Stanley. .

I recently bought this exact square from my local small town lumberyard. It was not until I got it home did I realize that the lock nut was plastic. The reason I realized it was plastic was because the fourth or fifth time I tightened it down the plastic lock nut stripped. Everything else about it was pretty darn good but everything else about it is useless if the lock nut doesn't work. They “cheaped out” right at the end. if it wasn't for that plastic nut I would've given everything on here five stars. All the other stuff about the square seem like it was quality. But if you lose that lock nut because it breaks or strips because it's made out of plastic have is a metal ruler.

This was one item in a thoroughly screwed-up Walmart order where things were missing, wrong, long-delayed, and included after cancellation. Of the combination square, it came mounted to a card - as is common, without the functional part, meaning I was sent a ruler. Because this occurred at the onset of the pandemic, the associated chaos precluded my complaints, leaving me with a really expensive metal ruler. It's a shame - I really need a nice Combo Square.

Absolute garbage. Like many others who have commented, the nut on the square is a cheap plastic and stripped after just a couple uses. I'm a weekend warrior and rarely even use this but after just a few times, it's completely unusable. Stanley, you need to do better. How much could a plastic nut have saved you? 10 cents?

Bought this a couple months ago from a local hardware store. I was using it last night to help measure some cabinet doors for handles. After adjusting the ruler portion, I went to tighten up the knurled knob, and it stripped! The rest of the square seems to be well built, but that knob is definitely the weakest link in the chain. A little research shows that it used to be made of brass...not plastic.

Combi square broke during first use. Plastic knurl knob stripped out and rendered tool useless. While investigating this issue, I noticed cap above level glass was also falling off. Should have spent extra cash and bought a starrett

Shame on you for producing such a cheap tool. Why make two versions with one being a pile of crap. plastic wheel was stripped out making tool unusable. I didn't intend to by an economy version. I was trying to replace a 15+year old quality tool based on Stanley name.

Folks at Stanley, are you just going to continue replying with your generic “we appreciate your feedback” message regarding this ridiculous plastic nut design? I've tried 2 , stripped both after 3 or 4 uses in both cases. Fire your engineer and your quality control folks. Won't ever be buying anything Stanley again. Ps.. at the least have the courtesy of supplying the nut size so maybe some customers can flip out the plastic crap