what would have been smarter... take a bunch of measurements - assemble them on a flat table, transfer the measurements, cut it with a circular saw and lay it down in as a sheet
@BMitch right, but as @waxeagle said, cant exactly do the flip trick
@lsiunsuex nope, but you can measure twice and cut once, rather than cutting 20 times. Eventually you'll be that carpenter saying "I've cut it 5 times and it's still too short!"
That's why you measure twice, i.e. from two different points, and the line connecting those two measurements is a straight line. On one side you measure head to the wall, and on the other you measure from a foot to the wall.
Mark those measurements, connect the marks with a straight line, and that's where you cut
The 3m contractor grade stuff seems to be 'ok', the colored homeowner grade stuff (especially the sponges) is horrible. Gator brand stuff is horrible too. The brand they sell at Home Depot (blue and white?) doesn't work well with my sander because it's "universal" five or eight hole and the extra holes scratch my workpiece.
its on a gfci circuit - house was built 3 years ago? brothers house - sister in law doing it
my point was - this is the one that got facebook likes for a damn pinterest project the other day, and i post a photo of me digging out a 18x18 patio by hand and i get no love
Ah, ok. Sorry, I've been looking at real estate again and have already gone through two buyer's agents because they get mad at me because I'm knowledgable about houses and do a mini inspection even on initial showing.
"Look at the granite countertops!" "That's nice. I have to rewire this entire kitchen."
No, router does it by itself, but we need to verify that it worked ... ... don't ask, stupid policy.
It's left over from the days when NOTHING worked. We have this huge monitoring overhead and this huge policy overhead to make up for the days when there were seriously underqualified people managing the IT at this place.
just trying to make sure - started finishing the forms the other day, was over tired and screwed up both cuts - so i stopped before i wasted to much wood haha
Lay it out on the ground with things that represent the objects that will fit in, and then use that to get an approximate measurement to double check your theoretical measurement.
the cinder block will eventually be faced with tile - so as long as i'm level, i'll be happy - doesn't need to look good as it'll be covered - just as long as its strait
i love when you click on a photo thinking you can view it larger, and its the same size image
... instead of doing a gas insert on the left side of the fireplace, i could just brick in a charcoal grill... no need for doors for a propane tank and i'm buying fire brick for the fireplace anyways; wouldn't need much more of it
All of my home improvment right now is focused around getting my landscaping done, which is technically off topic... so lets talk about flooring instead ;-)
I have too many of those to count, and they're almost all redheads. My fiancee and I have a standing agreement that I get to leave her for Neko Case or Norah Jones.
squaring the space for the planting beds / fireplace - first the beds, then the patio - then i can fill the beds with the earth i take out from the patio
and a google search for "redheads in IT" failed :(
I recently had a house built and there was nothing but rocky dirt
There were going to be trees really close to the back of my house so before they built I paid this guy $700 to clear out about 40ft of woods in the back
turns out that the foliage covered a big steep drop off
I work out a deal for $8,500 with this guy to put in 200ft of french drains to handle the incredible amounts of water from the top of the hill since I am on the side of a hill
and also do all the lawn and plants and everthting
I then do a seperate deal with another guy for 140 tons of fill to put in the back where that big drop off is so I will actually have a back yard
he gives me that for 1,600 dollars
I am going to do a website for him and deduct my hours from his hours, pay the difference
Did you have an engineer look at the filling that you're doing and the drainage? I'm worried with that amount of fill that it's going to end up creating a problem downhill
@BMitch If you look closely at the CA state flag you will see a state official handing a fine to the bear
I bought a roll of 14 gauge galvanized steel wire... apparently I will die of cancer if I had bought it in CA
I was making chainmail armour in college as a side business, and I couldn't sell online to anybody in CA because it contained galvanized steel, I needed some kind of permit
To make the links you would take 16 or 14 gauge wire clamp it to a round steel bar and then wrap it around the cylinder with your thumb... it makes the coil
snip the links off the coil like so
The weaver then uses two needle nose pliers to link the patterns
you get one linker and one weaver and you can get a lot done
there... now you guys are all going to make chainmail this weekend
