The Woodpeckers Engle Angle introduces modern materials and manufacturing techniques to a classic trim carpentry tool.
By fitting the connected legs into an existing corner, the tool bisects the angle automatically. This is particularly important when mitring trim for existing structures. Corners that should be 90° usually aren't. If the corner is 88° instead of 90°, the Engle Angle bisects the angle and you'll get 44° instead of 45°. Similarly, if you have to trim around walls with hexagon or octagon corners you can get perfect bisections of those angles just as easily.
Engle Angles honour the original Stanley classic design but go further with tightened up tolerances and modern materials. The body is machined from aircraft grade aluminium on CNC mills, then anodized in the familiar “Woodpeckers Red” finish. The marking legs and knobs are all stainless steel. Nylon washers protect the sliding joints. It's a tool that will look as good as it works for generations to come.
The 150mm Engle Angle can bisect any inside angle from 30° to 180° and any outside angle from 180° to 85°. A padded storage hanger is included to keep your Engle Angle right in plain sight and always ready to go to work.
Using your Engle Angle
Using with a handsaw, match the angle, mark your material and cut to the line with a sharp hand saw. If you have a mitre saw with a laser, mark your material then use the laser to line up to your mark. As not all saws have a laser, Woodpeckers has boosted the thickness of the upper section of the handle. With one leg unlinked and folded out of the way, you have a longer, taller reference area next to your saw blade. No scales to read, no judgements about where degree fractions should land, just a solid reference to a perfectly bisected angle.
Like all Woodpeckers products, Engle Angle is precisely machined and carefully inspected in Woodpeckers Strongsville, Ohio facility.
Please note: although products are metric, the photos may depict imperial versions.