Plus it hides the cut on the back of the molding. But you can
just caulk that

 

 

Ouch.

 

Pythagorean theorem, use it all the time for framing. I even used some trig for the first time last year building a mobile turkey house. I thought it was pretty cool.

 

Freaks people out when you do it in your head...😝

 

My new thing is finding the radius of a circle only knowing a chord length and height.

Great for finding the length of your compass arm for striking an arc with only knowing the length of the arc and it's height on a board.

 

I've wondered about that before. I'm sure I'll need that math at some point.

Just for kicks last year I decided to find the relationship between the length of the sides of a square and the length of the sides of an octagon that fits within that square. Used algebra and the quadratic formula to figure it out and came up with a simple number to multiply the sides of the square by. Of course Google had the same number much faster and easier, but I gave my brain a good exercise.

Speaking of algebra, does anybody use it in the trades? I'd be interested to know it's real life applications other than the real high falutin intellectual stuff.

 

I had no use for trig when I had to take it in school. Later, working in a machine shop, I learned of its practical application. Light beams from heaven.

Would have been cool if that teacher had shown me that; I wouldn't have had to "re-learn" it.

 

That's the worst. " Never gonna need this shiite in life".

Until I do...

 

You usually see that with bullnose corners.

 

Yep, but fitted in the thickness of the baseboard to return the baseboard to the wall.

Tom

 

They sell round fittings. Which is what I use. I use the multi tool with the triangle sanding pad to dial them in.


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Pythagorean theorem almost every day

 

I have the BuildCalc that does it for me,,,

 

Excluding that I mean. I think of that more as geometry.

 

3,4,5, 6,8,10

Simple ways to check for square

 

Another way to check 90' corner...
Use sqrt of 2 & multiply x equal legs to get hyp.
sqr rt 2 = 1.414
1.414 x 10 leg = 14.14 hyp
Works for any leg lth as long as they are equal.

 

 

Ellipses are easy. It's just two radii straight up. No need for calculation of 1/2 or a whole ellipse.

 

Don't piss off a guy with a fork lift.

 

Customer from last year with the glass face cabinets wanted a mirror in the master closet and "by the way we need a place for ties, belts and small items."

Had to send the turned metal parts out to be nickel plated.

This is what we came up with, only all frameless job I've ever done.

Tom

 

Nice, Tom. How deep is that?

 

The interior is 4" deep, overall depth is 4-7/8"

Tom

 

Honey do stuff this week for a client, who in turn is honey doing for his client. Fence posts were in order, sure I do that.

Tough digging, did seven of them with the auger, each hole claiming 1.5x the number of sheer bolts as the previous hole.

Finally got to the last hole and it was so rocky we couldn’t get the auger started. Then I remembered I had another tool on site…

Then today we finished our trenches.

We buried some conduit. My client’s guy is doing the cobbles, we just kinda helped get him set up.

 

Then I remembered I had another tool on site…

That'll teach'em!!!

More than 27 ways to skin that cat!

 

Finally got to try the new attachment this week.
Such a better way to install underground utilities

 

 

Hi-tech.

 

Great room addition we are doing along with the big house.

 

Looks like a good spot for a Nanawall

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Magnetic lock

Tom

 

You guys and the stuff you make... Sheesh.

 

The stuff we make is waiting on the demo guy to show up some day….

Tom

 

Feeling better today and because our family picnic was cancelled because no one knew if all of use would feel good enough to come I decided to go into the shop and remake the box.

All mitered and taped. After the glue dried I cut the box in half.

Lots of testing for the sizing of the drill hole for the Kaizen foam. I ended up tracing it out and taking a picture of it then used my photo editor to make a silhouette and then used the trace function in Lightburn to get it into the laser.

Did some other resizing and testing to make sure it all fit and then burned it with the laser. The thicker stuff got burned clear through the foam while the thin stuff just traced the outline so I could use a knife to finish it off.

Then I filled it up with the tools.

That's where I stopped for the day. Still have to put the logo on the top of the box and put the hinges and latch on. Eventually it'll get a clear coat on it next time I'm running clear in the sprayroom.

 

What's this laser tool you speak of? Just curious - I'm not gonna be making tool organizers anytime soon. I got a lot of low hanging fruit to get through first, like piles of shovels and milk jugs filled with waste oil.