PSA: That pipe fitter in Baton Rouge taught me a trick I still use

I was on a job at the Exxon refinery in Baton Rouge about 6 months back and there was this older pipe fitter named Gene who showed me something simple. He was laying out a 45 degree saddle on a 6 inch line and instead of doing the math like I always did, he just used a strip of paper to wrap around and mark it. It took him maybe 2 minutes and my way took 15 with a calculator. Has anyone else tried the paper method for tricky patterns like that?

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eric7236d ago

Worked for me on a similar job, way faster than busting out a calculator.

kevin_harris786d ago

yeah i was reading some article the other day about how people who do that kind of mental math actually end up getting more consistent results. they said it trains your brain to estimate better over time. so i mean it makes sense.