Old timer showed me how to use morning light for perfect fence rows.

He'd start at dawn when shadows are long and straight. I use it to spot errors before finishing up.

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Call that old trick simple, but it's PURE genius. @chen.casey cracked me up with the string ceremony comparison. My neighbor does the same thing with a laser level now and spends more time setting it up than fixing the fence. Those long morning shadows don't lie and cost nothing. Sometimes the best tools have been right in front of us the whole time.

chen.casey1mo ago

That's the kind of ancient wisdom that sounds like it should involve chanting and special robes. Just waiting for the next tip to be about aligning your fence posts with the summer solstice. Honestly, it's a smart trick but we've all turned simple stuff into a whole ceremony before. My uncle used a piece of string for the same thing and acted like he'd discovered gravity. Sometimes the old ways are just the right tool and good lighting, not magic.

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maryr771mo ago

Right? My friend bought this fancy digital level for hanging shelves last month. Spent twenty minutes calibrating it and still put the first bracket on crooked. Meanwhile my dad would've just used the free cardboard angle from a pizza box. Why do we make things so hard when the easy way works fine? Your uncle and his string ceremony might have been onto something.