Fridays

tip-o-day
Another handy measuring tip for today.

Here is an easy way to measure equal spaces for any length.
Let’s say you are building a bookcase and you would like 5 evenly spaced shelves, and your finished height is 9’ 7¼”.
Not to worry.
Take your board and start your tape measure on the bottom and draw it up diagonally across the board until you rest at an easy to work with number at the top. In this case – move diagonally until you hit 10’.


Now, simply tick off 2’ intervals.

Think outside of the bookcase, and those fractionally challenged can apply this same method to dividing an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper.

(and yes David, technically… this gives you 6 shelves – but you get my point)