How to Square-up Stock

A number of woodworking plans require square or rectangular-shaped pieces of stock of various lengths for parts such as table legs. No matter whether the piece is cut from a larger piece of stock or a glue-up of thinner pieces, how should a woodworker go about making sure that the piece has four square edges?

Well, there are a few techniques that can be employed to trim the stock to make it square, but the method chosen will depend on the tools at hand and the desired result.

Learn the tools and steps required to ensure square blocks of stock in Methods for Squaring-up Stock.

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