here’s a tip that I was just made aware of and tought.
After doing my mom’s kitchen cabinets we hired a trim contractor to do the trim job and I noticed him walking around with a 6”x 12” x 3/4” piece of wood that he was writing measurements on so I asked if he reused it over and over as I was kind of getting that impression he stated yes it saves him having to buy paper over and over and he no longer has to chase down the measurements when a strong wind blows them away, made perfect since to me.
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Thought I’d clear it up a bit and add an example
When an off site contractor has to preform work at a location in which entails having to make several trips inside and outside to preform cuts he lays his measurements somewhere close to his work if it’s on paper he’s always having to set something heavy on it as to keep it from blowing away, if he forgets a wind picks up then he’s off and running, clipboards would be an exception to a piece of scrap board with measurements written down on it, no worries about having to chase down your measurements.
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Roger
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#1 posted 314 days ago
this could be another good “app” for Steves “I-Wood” plan. :) Sounds logical to me
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Donna Menke
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#2 posted 314 days ago
Doesn’t everybody? It is always easier to find a piece of wood scrap as I’m working at the bench, than a piece of paper. I even doodle on the poor bench top too. Isn’t it nice how renewable our resources are. Afterwards I can sand and reuse!
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Blackie_
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#3 posted 314 days ago
Donna I had done it on occasions but I never thought about using a board all the time and the wind blowing never crossed my mind either.
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dbhost
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#4 posted 314 days ago
I have a 12” hunk of 2×4 I have been using to hold measurements for years.. I ought to upgrade to this method! More room for sketches.
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Greg The Cajun Box Sculptor
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#5 posted 314 days ago
Paper works great for me. I have a large stack of 5×7 tablets I bought years ago for a few dollars and keep them in several locations in my shop. The only wind in my shop is the ceiling fans so they don’t blow away. The used paper makes good kindling for the burn pile.
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Blackie_
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#6 posted 314 days ago
Greg yea makes since, I was focusing more so on contractors that have are in and out.
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derosa
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#7 posted 313 days ago
I always wrote the measurement on whatever I had to cut, sees to it I’m always cutting the right piece to the right size.
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Sarit
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#8 posted 313 days ago
Am I the only one who uses a spiral notebook of graph paper or a clipboard?
Scrapwood doesn’t feed very well in my printer when printing out sketchup drawings.
DocSavage45
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#9 posted 292 days ago
LOL! Love it, says the guy who says” Now where the#$%^ is my measuring tape! Pencil? No (**&^^ writing tools” Need a break “Oh there it is!” I grab paper from my printer and use a clip board if I can find it. LOL!
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