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Written by Liam on 2025-01-20 at 09:35

Reading "The Minimalist Woodworker" by Vic Tesolin, and just about started crying when he recommends against measuring with numbers and using math, recommending instead a referential system, marking things off the piece directly. Avoiding math-induced errors.

I like this book a lot and will be looking for more guides that focus on the concepts it does.

[#]discalculia #woodworking

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Written by 🌱 Peter W Flint on 2025-01-20 at 10:31

@SocialGaff check out “By Hand & Eye” by Jim Tolpin. Similar concept. Covers use of marking out with compass and straightedge rather than relying on standard units.

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Written by Hollie 🌲 on 2025-01-20 at 17:23

@SocialGaff WHOAH. Geez I don’t have the space for woodworking but I want this book.

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Written by wb x64 on 2025-01-21 at 04:46

@SocialGaff this is a time-tested way of building big things. I helped build a timber-frame house and you do not measure with tape measures, because each one can be slightly off and it adds up. Instead we use a story-stick, and every measurement on the house is laid on one of the four sides of that stick (or if running out of space, another stick used for another area like roofing, garage, etc)

We were off by only 1/8" across twenty feet of house, amateurs using hand chisels and chain saws.

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Written by 𝐃𝐚𝐧 on 2025-01-21 at 04:47

@SocialGaff this is EXCEEDINGLY good advice, by the way. not only to make things easier, but especially because how the piece relates to its own parts makes so much more of a difference than specific measurements (unless you're doing cabinetry or a built-in).

Jimmy has a very, very good video about measurement and geometry. including a lot of very easy hacks like bending tape to divide, diagonal marking, finding square, and on and on..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4napZ3ZM0Og

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