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Posted by Jules on October 21, 2009, 3:12 pm
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:01:37 -0400, Robert Green wrote:
> I'd make a template out of two slats from old window shades or other long,
> thin pieces of wood and a binder clip. Hold them together, extend them till
> they both touch and then clip in place. From what I see of old timers
> working, they'll make a template as often as they'll make measurements for a
> lot of "cut in place" sort of things.
Yeah, it's good advice. For any home project my time often seems to be
about evenly split between making the actual item and making
templates/jigs/tools to make the final thing better...
> In the Paleozoic era, when people
> still used linoleum, I remember seeing a pro make a paper template with
Ha, I did that in our bathroom as a temporary floor until we get around
to tiling it (and/or relocating the bathroom and turning that one into a
rear hallway / cloakroom*) - anything was better than the green carpet the
previous owners had!
* feature-creep is great. :-)
cheers
Jules
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 20, 2009, 9:34 pm
It's hard to read a tape! correctly! on an inside surface
like! that!! I ! know, I tried various ways!
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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If you can read a tape 'correctly' why make it longer,
that's just
stupid !!!!
Jerry
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Posted by HeyBub on October 21, 2009, 7:17 pm
Jerry - OHIO wrote:
> If you can read a tape 'correctly' why make it longer, that's just
> stupid !!!!
> Jerry
You've never heard a carpenter say: "No matter how much I cut off, it's
still too short!" ?
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Posted by Oren on October 20, 2009, 7:32 pm
wrote:
>Jerry - OHIO wrote:
>> If you can read a tape 'correctly' why make it longer, that's just
>> stupid !!!!
>> Jerry
>You've never heard a carpenter say: "No matter how much I cut off, it's
>still too short!" ?
Sure! Then he sends me for a"board stretcher"....
"Son, I cut it three times and it's still to short."
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Posted by terry on October 20, 2009, 9:02 pm
> wrote:
> >Jerry - OHIO wrote:
> >> If you can read a tape 'correctly' why make it longer, that's just
> >> stupid !!!!
> >> Jerry
> >You've never heard a carpenter say: "No matter how much I cut off, it's
> >still too short!" ?
> Sure! Then he sends me for a"board stretcher"....
> "Son, I cut it three times and it's still to short."
Chances of getting exact right shelves probably remote.
Our fridge has worked fine for years with one of the shelves made from
plywood.
Most likely be necessary to make something using whatever one can get
hands on.
Or get an old oven rack and cut it down etc. etc.
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> thin pieces of wood and a binder clip. Hold them together, extend them till
> they both touch and then clip in place. From what I see of old timers
> working, they'll make a template as often as they'll make measurements for a
> lot of "cut in place" sort of things.