Remember when we used to mark everything with a pencil and a square?

I was cutting a bunch of identical rafters for a shed in Tacoma last month and kept messing up the birdsmouth. My old boss told me to just use a scrap piece of the rafter stock as a template and trace it with a knife. Saved me an hour and every cut was perfect. Anyone else have a simple template trick for repetitive cuts?

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thompson.nathan1mo ago

Ever try using a speed square as a jig? I clamp a stop block to the square's fence for marking out a bunch of identical cripple studs. Just slide it down the board and mark, saves so much time over measuring each one. That knife trick is solid for weird angles though.

emery_young1327d ago

Simple but effective. Love that speed square jig idea.

fiona_young1mo ago

Seems like a lot of setup for marking a few sticks. Just measure and cut, it's not brain surgery.