That's a smart jig.
Thanks for posting this, Dan. I'm facing a similar project soon and I've been agonizing over the fitting issue. This will make it pretty much painless.Found a few cool jigs to make for measuring the treads and risers for a perfect fit. This one is my favorite so far
That is funny. To get from my front door to the second floor, I go down three steps, cross the living room, go up two steps, turn and go up three steps, turn and go up 12 steps. Different run, rise, and width on each set. Yet no one stumbles or even notices. I guess we're just really well adapted to uneven ground?Funny thing before I started this project,I thought all the stairs were the same length. There are three sets of them. One has 5 steps, the next 9 and the other 4. The lengths are different. The 4 and 5 step areas are 42” wide, length. The 9 steps part is 36”. I’d never noticed that before. Funny
Thanks Dan .
Well, after over a week of doing a decent job at sleeping through the night as usual, my son decided that he needs to be awake during predawn. So it looks like I'm going to have a morning.
Never tried suspenders. They seem like they would be comfortable. Much more so than a belt binding around the waist. Maybe I'll get a set.
I've got a good gout flare up going on. I usually get it in my ankle and it makes it impossible to do almost anything. It started Wednesday night but it feels like it's tapering off already. I hope so. Last time was almost two weeks. Wouldn't wish it on anyone.
I tried wearing suspenders for a bit, then they broke when I accidentally closed them in a locker door.
Belts are more durable, so I'm going with belts.
For working and hiking, I vote for old fashioned denim bib overalls. Big Smith and Roundhouse are two good brands. As comfortable and flexible as suspenders, with lots of handy pockets.Hahaha[emoji3][emoji106]
To each their own my friend! A guy at work started wearing them a few years ago, hidden under his shirt. I noticed the distinctive X line on his back and asked him if wore suspenders. He said yes cause it held his pants up better than a belt. He wasn’t a big fat guy; he had some middle age chubby belly going on but nothing extreme.
I mention this guy to my wife while she was on a trip to Japan where she bought me a very nice quality, probably more dress suspenders than anything. I wore them daily for about 5-6 months at work, under my work shirt but over a t-shirt. They finally gave out.
I started ed looking around and found (online) there are a lot of varieties, style, patterns available. I guess they’re a bit like ties and socks - endless types.
I get you though Kent a belt is just fine and I still wear one daily. Five years ago somebody told me I’d love wearing suspenders, I would say they’re nuts. I’ve just gotten in to this suspenders craze. Haha
Cheers!
Dan
Waiting on a hurricane Lane, I think he’s called. Spent the last two days at work prepping the base housing. Got my front windows boarded up, I believe that’s where the wind mostly will come from. I shouldn’t keep saying this but Oahu generally misses out on the worst destruction. It’s a little exciting and boring for now. A category 5 hurricane heading here. I think it’s been downgraded to 4
I don’t know my friends. I’ve prepared as mostly as well as possible. My fate, my wife’s fate is not to die in s storm
I’ll see you all in a few days
Cheers
Dan
I was on a ghost hunt and some one handed me a babybel. It was dark because you can't ghost hunt with the lights on. I didn't know what it was. I asked what is this? They said it's cheese. So I put the whole thing in my mouth unaware that it was coated in wax. I chewed it for a few seconds wondering what was happening. I told them, this cheese sucks.
A buddy of mine and I once looked into the super-strong homemade antennas like are used in the remote locations in Canada. I should find that website for you, Dan.
Edit: Here!
Hey LRB great to hear from you! For Oahu the hurricane was pretty anticlimactic, and that’s just fine. Very little rain, breezy but not real windy. I think my family camped through a tropical storm worse than our recent hurricane but once again I am very thankful we had it easy in this one. Crazy side note. My wife’s friend works at Sams Club, she told my wife that after the storm passed people were returning all kinds of hurricane supplies. I don’t know why because there’s another forming already.
Our kitchen was the hurricane preparedness center for us. Everything we might need from water to toilet paper, fuel sources and a lot of canned and dried food.
I think we’d of been ok but am sure glad we didn’t need to test that belief. Lol.
Cheers!
Dan
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