Does anyone know how to use the diamonds at 19.2″ on tape measures? I know it’s for some kind of spacing, but I’m not sure which.
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It's another lay out method that will work for 8' sheet goods, and conserve material.
Slightly mean to pick on the newbie that way, ain't it? <G>Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
What's a "cubit"?
ROFLMAO
What's a "cubit?"--a "sqarit" with an added dimension.
What's "3 strikes"??
An out, unless they foul the last one off.Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
Quittin' Time
Calvin's reply was good, but... The "three strikes" refers to the new rule that each time a person is offensive with their language or doesn't follow the rules that Taunton has set out for this forum, you are "awarded" a strike. Three strikes and you're kicked out of the forum for a year. Things were getting out of hand in the Tavern.
Really?
I thought it had gotten kind of boring.'course, all things are relative;)
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It's one of the diamonds you'll find on your tape.
...or, if you cut a cross-section thru the Great Pyramid, you'll find the stones marked in themciao for niao
To those who know - this may be obvious. To those who don't - I hope I've helped.
"What's a "cubit"?" Noah asked God. From one of Bill Cosbys greatest bits.
LOL. But it's so easy.
19.2 inch spacing showed up around a dozen years ago with the proliferation of silent floor or wooden I joist. The manufacturers would let you use 19.2 inch spacing to save one joist every 8 feet. I only did it on one house.
I used to tell people it was metric spacing!
Have a good day
Cliffy
it's been around for more years than you and I put together
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I think it's a reminder of Virginia State Statute 19.2 against unlawful taping of another. Gotta be careful with a Fat Max in your hands.
"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." - Mark Twain
8'/4=24"OC
8'/5=19.2"OC
8'/6=16"OC
You guys told him the secret hand shake????????????
Now he has to be at the next fest and buy the beer!!!!!!!!!
"Sir! You are drunk!"
"Madam! You are ugly, and tomorrow I shall be sober!!" Winston Churchill
"You guys told him the secret hand shake????????????"
It stinks, doesn't it ? Not one person told him it was really a cubit.
What is this place coming to?
In America, the demand for power to compel is a confession of incompetence to lead. [Eugene E. Wilson]
I am very disapointed. It usually takes about 20 facetious replies before anyone even includes the real answer....that's not a mistake, it's rustic
So what makes you think we gave the real answer this time?
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
BossHog already replied with the secret word of the day: Cubit....that's not a mistake, it's rustic
So did the duck come down and give him a hundred dollars? ;-)
-- J.S.
Boy, is that dating yourself.Haven't seen the duck and Groucho since late night reruns 30 years ago.
Although I had already graduated fom college, I was really thinking of Pee Wee's Playhouse.
"When someone says the secret word,scream real loud!"...that's not a mistake, it's rustic
I am very disapointed. It usually takes about 20 facetious replies before anyone even includes the real answer.
Everybody's afraid sarcasm might get them a strike. Birth, school, work, death.....................
I was thinking the same thing, what with the war, and katrina and Rita and grand juries, everyone is walking on eggshells.
An ex-boat builder treading water!
It has it's origins in stadium building.
probably first used byr the roman architects designing the Collosseum.
It corresponds to the average room needed for seatin per person in bleacher type seating.
In 1927 the International Architectural Seating Standards Institute adapted it as the AHAW or Averavge Human A$$ Width.
Curiously in roman times the accepted value was a mere 16-5/8"
but with the discovery of the Americas and the advent of modern farming and fast food it has risen over the years to the current value of 19-13/64"
The next scheduled IASSI conference will be in 2008.
the buzz is that the 20" mark will be surpassed and possibly 21"!!!
whatever the result, hold on to your tape measures because old standard models will surely be fetching a good $ on the antique circuit!!
Mr. T. MOTOL
"I think natural selection must have greatly rewarded the ability to reassure oneself in a crisis with complete bull$hit."
I'm Swiss!
Mind if I put that in my favorites? I'll use it next month when this question comes up. Your pretty smart for a Swiss guy.
Finally, I've learned the true meaning of the mysterious black diamond without posting on the stupidouringmost asked question list.
TRIGGER
PS Did that make sence?
F'n a Dewey! This is my 100th post as my current alias!
Edited 10/1/2005 5:48 pm ET by TRIGGER
And pretty Swiss for a smart guy!
I wonder if that was smarta$$ enuf to get me a strike???
Mr. T. MOTOL
"I think natural selection must have greatly rewarded the ability to reassure oneself in a crisis with complete bull$hit."
I'm Swiss!
NO TAVERN FOR YOU...............FOR TWO WEEKS!