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. .

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.

Like many other users have reported, I too experienced that the plastic locking nut stripped out after relatively minimal use. The rest of the combination square is fine and sturdily built. I've read elsewhere that Stanley does not make a metal (e.g., brass) nut to replace the poor design of a plastic nut. It's hard to believe that an otherwise reliable tool company would make such a bad design on such a tool. As such, I regretfully do NOT recommend purchase of this tool. Buy a competing version that has a metal locking nut. Caveat emptor!

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

I replaced my old Stanley combination Square with this one. The knot is now plastic, where my old one was metal that tightens up the square to the ruler after the third time of adjusting and tightening it stripped, I would rather spend a little more money snd have a quality product. The difference between my old combo Square, and the square is night and day keep making them cheaper and putting more profit in your pocket

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.