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Known measure Tool Chest
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Known measure Tool Chest
I don’t know about you, but I’m forever measuring to a specific size. Its probably because I’m in Architectural Millwork and we have set sheet sizes. I was forever laying out an 8′ length for whatever, and then doing a markup snapping to that length.
So I finally said, what the hell am I doing and made a ‘Set Measurement’ Tool chest.
In it I put a 600mm, 1220mm, 2440mm, 3050mm and a 3655mm line and some squares equal to a 4 x 8, 4 x 10, and a 5 x 12 sheet. Then I saved it as a scaled tool chest. (Sorry about the metric guys…lol). I made all of these with the Sketch to Scale tools.
What a timesaver this one tool chest has been. Whenever I need an 8′ line, I can just drop one in. Sure beats drawing one in every time.
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Points: 26,769Rank: UC2 Brainery Advanced Brown Belt
Great idea @Doug McLean !
I’ve done something similar with “Offset Tools”. I’ve found that I use a 5 ft offset quite often so I use a 5 ft diameter circle to make this offset. Having this tool in my “Offset Tools” toolbox is a real timesaver
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