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Sliding Measuring Sticks

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HE NEXT TIME YOU’RErunning tongue-and-groove glue joints,
rip off some sticks about^3 ⁄ 8 in. thick, with the joint profile on
one side. Put the two sticks together to make a sliding measuring
stick that can take inside measurements accurately. The measurements
can be registered by marking across both sticks with a pencil or by
clamping the two sticks together with a small C-clamp. The measuring
stick is especially useful for checking a door opening for consistent
width from top to bottom.
—ROBERTM. VAUGHAN,Roanoke,Va.

CHAPTER SIX

Adjust to inside

dimensions and

clamp together or

mark with pencil.

Tongue-and-groove glue joint