February 7, 20179 yr comment_96522 anyone want to buy a slide rule?! yes, i have one. a vintage K&E log log duplex. fancy! Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96533 1 hour ago, DAB said: anyone want to buy a slide rule?! yes, i have one. a vintage K&E log log duplex. fancy! If you can find a sucker... er.. I mean buyer, let me know. I've got at least three, plus a shirt-pocket model. John Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96551 I've got all of them and even have the lockdowns for setting up framing square for stair layouts. I read the manuals and only look at them in extreme stress ( Jack rafters). The rest is so ingrained I can do it in my sleep. Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96555 8 hours ago, HARO50 said: I've done manual labour. Does THAT count? John no dating his sister might... Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96556 7 hours ago, p_toad said: Yeah, as long as you don't go into labour. That's when you've upped your game. think of the money we could make off of that... Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96557 5 hours ago, HARO50 said: If you can find a sucker... er.. I mean buyer, let me know. I've got at least three, plus a shirt-pocket model. John I have a few to add to the kitty... Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96569 Never bought a new carpenter's square so, what's in the blue book has been a mystery to me. But, reading these posts has made me realize that it may be quite beneficial, not to mention interesting, to read one. Same for the speed square. Thanks to Bill for those videos. I'll start my journey there, and see where it goes. I see a few? hours of education in the future. Report
February 8, 20179 yr Popular Post comment_96574 1 hour ago, Gene Howe said: to read one. Or several... which ever is easiest for you... 97_RafterInstructionManual.pdf Mathematics of a Carpenter’s Square.pdf Framing Square Instructions.pdf FRAMING SQUARE MANUAL.pdf RAFTER BOOK.pdf RAFTER SQUARE.pdf Edited February 8, 20179 yr by Stick486 Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96583 The "fun part" was using the framing square to form up for a flight of concrete stairs......BTDT.... Every job site I have ever "started" on, the first thing was always the front "porch" for the jobsite trailer/office. And the set up steps. Seems the set I made for the last jobsite, either went to another site, was run over by a trackhoe, or they just tossed them in the dumpster....Grrrr Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96611 2 hours ago, steven newman said: The "fun part" was using the framing square to form up for a flight of concrete stairs......BTDT.... Every job site I have ever "started" on, the first thing was always the front "porch" for the jobsite trailer/office. And the set up steps. Seems the set I made for the last jobsite, either went to another site, was run over by a trackhoe, or they just tossed them in the dumpster....Grrrr You too? thought it was only me. Seems like I always got the stair cutting detail. Herb Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96615 49 minutes ago, Dadio said: You too? thought it was only me. Seems like I always got the stair cutting detail. Herb same here... and compound angled sawhorses... Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96664 3 hours ago, Stick486 said: same here... and compound angled sawhorses... Yup, them too. Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96673 If you really want to screw your day do jackrafters. My friends and bosses bring me coffee and cigarettes and never ask me " how's it going" when I get that " easy" job. And nothing, I mean nothing is 90° cut the whole day. Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96679 so where are the templates, french curves, and various right angles, and drafting set(s) to go with the sliderules? Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96692 39 minutes ago, p_toad said: so where are the templates, french curves, and various right angles, and drafting set(s) to go with the sliderules? hanging next to the slide rule... Report
February 8, 20179 yr comment_96706 1 hour ago, p_toad said: so where are the templates, french curves, and various right angles, and drafting set(s) to go with the sliderules? On a shelf in a re-purposed kitchen cabinet in my shop. I actually still use then now and then! John Report
February 9, 20179 yr Popular Post comment_96816 When I was in vocational school (a long time ago) we spent a half semester on the framing square tables. At the end of the semester you had to pass a test on them or you didn't pass. I passed easily because my dad had already drummed them into my head. Today I would really have to think about how to do it. Another thing if you don't use it you lose it. Report
February 9, 20179 yr comment_96882 The one I have in the shop? So old and worn, you can't read a thing on it. I may have to fork over some "Moldy Green" and buy one I can read. Speed square? Don't have one, other than the big wooden one i made. Have a couple of the older Stanley PowerLoc 25' tape measures sitting around. Don't use them in the shop, but they come in handy around the house... Report
February 9, 20179 yr comment_96895 i have an old 35' tape measure that lives with the miter saw, so i always have one there when i need it. noticed this morning that the tape is splitting at the 0-3" area. i may have to break down and buy a new one. Report
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