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Thought I could eyeball a staircase stringer and it cost me a whole weekend
Had to build a set of three steps for a back porch in Asheville, figured I'd just mark and cut without a calculator. Ended up with treads that were off by almost an inch, so I had to scrap the 2x12 and start over. That simple job took me 8 hours instead of two. Anyone have a go-to method for quick step math they actually trust?
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kellyj231mo ago
My grandpa taught me to just use a framing square with those little stair gauges clamped on. Lets you mark the whole stringer in one shot without any math at all.
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lee_barnes701mo ago
Wait, you can mark the whole stringer without any math? That sounds like some kind of carpenter magic. I've always been hunched over with a calculator trying to remember rise over run. So you just clamp those little gauges on the square once and then walk it down the board? My grandpa never showed me that trick.
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