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12 work—your, bookcases, mantelpieces, doorways, and ceilings―will communicate fluently with your customers. If you don’t speak
13 In the forward to Theory of Mouldings (C. Howlard Walker, reprinted 2007), Richard Sammons provides a great definition and an
14 terminating molding; if the final line of the curve is pointing up, it is a supporting molding. Or put another way, terminati
15 Some supporting moldings play a more subtle role. While the corbel forms the main support for the mantelpiece, look closely a
16 tongue, to ogee chair rail and dado moldings), are another example of supporting moldings. The top curves on band and panel m
17 The top of crown molding curves out, finishing the top of – or “crowning” – any architectural detail it’s attached to, from t
18 (also co-written by Richard Sammons): “The emphasis of a terminating molding, or cyma is outward.” That outward projection wo
19 concave curve works well to finish off less ornate architectural details. Many terminating crown patterns incorporate a deep
20 too often we see it installed underneath something heavy, leaving us to wonder what it is about that detail that we don’t lik
21 rig ht This is how a classical cornice should be constructed, with a cyma reversa supporting molding beneath the soffit and a
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26 they wrote “STOP” on the blade to keep you from pulling any more. And the blade retracts just as quickly and smoothly after f
27 weight and compact for their lengths. If you’re used to wide uncomfortable grip of the fat tapes, even the GP30 will be easie
28 chOpshOp saW hOOd by fastcap Walk around any carpentry tradeshow and you’re bound to see a million gimmicks and gadgets. It’s
29 pieces shoot out the back of your saw and imbed in the newly painted wall behind the saw? The saw hood successfully corals al
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STory PoleS for STaIrS by J ed d ixon A simple tool takes the guess work and a lot of the brain work out of making safe comforta
34 Before I can layout a set of stairs, I need to know the exact thickness of the finish floors, including the floors at the top
35 But for most of the stairs I build, I just make a story pole, a crucial tool for precision stair building. A story pole is ba
36 Loading Video Story Pole 1 Measurements in motion. In the animated drawing above, we zoom in on three trouble areas for stair
37 between two points that are separated by a large horizontal distance. For all my stair work, I use a Stabila PlumbBob Line La
38 a horizontal line that’s easy to see for making measurements like these. (It’s a pulsing laser as well, so even if I can’t se
39 hardwood over the subfloor. I add whatever the thickness is to the rough floor-to-floor dimension I found earlier. Frequently
40 …And measure down from the top of the stair for the total rise of the stair.
41 MOde rn carpe nte rs use calcu latOrs As you can see, there’s a lot of fractional math involved in building stairs, which mea
42 The measurement up to the laser from where the first tread lands on the shop floor is 45 5/16 in. The measurement down to the
43 calcu lati ng th e rises The next step is determining the distance in height between the finish treads, also called the net r
44 Start at the bottom. Hit the mem+ button and the calculator gives the series o Dividing the finished floor-to- decimal fracti
45 experienced cumulative error. If you lay out a stair stringer by stepping off the risers with a framing square, no matter how
46 Pay special atention to the detail of the thickness of the finish materials and subfloor and any intermediate landings
47 smaller than 3/32, it will round the number displayed down to 1/16 in., while it continues to work with the finer decimal fra
48 Loading Video Story Pole Clip 2 Click, watch, learn. In this short video clip the author takes us through story pole layout w
49 tape still hooked, I run up to the other end and mark the rough floor-to-floor distance, and then add on the thickness of the
50 1/16 in., the calculator automatically ca lc u l ato r k eystr o k e s Task: Repeat addition of net rise adds that amount to
51 But the intermediate landing, which gets 3/4-in. hardwood, is detailed down only 3/4 in. The landing will get a rabbeted nosi
52 Jed Dixon designs, builds, and restores stairs and stair parts in historic New En Jed uses power tools in his shop to make ev
53 stair layout, all in the compact package of a 1x4. I can take the dimensions of the rough common risers, as well as those of
54 KeystrOKe su M Mary: Keystrokes for stair calculations Here are the keystrokes on my Construction Master IV for the stair exa
55 Memorize exact net rise per tread Add thickness of finish floor below 1 1 4 8 7/8 (finished tread 1) Repeat addition of net r
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A NOT-SO-BIG CARPENTER GEARS UP Shopping for equipment to fit size small in an in industry Kerri Spier that caters to XXL.
62 I ’ve trades for over twenty years now. been a woman in the construction I’ve learned to frame, finish and fix along with the
63 associated abuse (my boots used to have little pictures of Tonka trucks), I’ve discovered that farmers are more open minded t
64 Very early on, I learned a valuable lesson about keeping my long hair tied back. While drilling a hole in concrete, my hair g
65 I’ve been searching for the perfect belt ever since. The average size belt almost goes around me twice. Pockets designed to s
66 comfortable but that can be shortened. I accessorize it with removable pouches, which I stitch in place where I like them (Ph
67 Framing hammers can equal bruised shins.
68 every woman deserves a pair of stilettos in her stocking at least once in her life, but no dice this year. pOWe r tOOls fOr s
69 Saw for bigger hands. Circular saws like this one are hard to operate for small hands, especially keeping the guard retracted
70 Reach for the switch. You should be able to hit the switch with the hand operati and only a few cordless drill handles are co
71 C O R D L E S S D R I L L S : I like J IGSAwS, R O UT E R S, PLAN ER S, SANDERS, GRINDERS, AN D O T HE R T O O L S: The deter
72 Kerri Spier may be slight in stature, bu raised on Block Island, Kerri graduated than makes up for that in her personalit Uni
73 Other tools, like jackhammers and Cuisinarts, will always be out of my league. Two decades in the trades have been pretty goo
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impact driver. After all, most of us have become completely dependent on them for driving screws: they never strip out a head, e
80 crew worked with the impact drivers used in the Tools of the Trade article. The author of the article had to test the guns us
81 charge, which means hundreds of 3-in. screws, maybe a thousand 1 1/2in. screws! But with all that torque, an impact driver is
82 Loading Video Clip 2 metal—we pull the trigger in short feath e ri ng th e trigg e r Impact drivers don't have clutches, whic
83 lig ht u p darK cOrn e rs A lot of new tools, like miter saws, circular saws, and routers are showing up with LED lights and
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the wood with a clear coating after. I cut out a hand hole on the center of the top center to pull the box around, and added two
88 door if the reveal is a little tight. I use the steps as small work tables. The steps fold up and out of the way The bottom s
89 The top step has a small fluorescent light mounted below. The light comes in handy and the step lifts up if I need even more
90 not necessary, 6-in. is good enough. I mounted the wheels on regular 1/2-in. galvanized electrical tubing for an axle. To mov
91 is fed by a 16-ft. power cord. The power cord coils up and stores in a space in the back of the box. The rest of the bottom a
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