Comments on: How to Layout and Cut a Stair Stringer

By: beno2rasho

beno2rasho — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:37:06 +0000

Your measuring down to 32′nD and cutting freehand………..you should have been a surgeon.

Very informative video….thanks for posting.

By: bighousedaddy

bighousedaddy — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:03:12 +0000

Do you flip the board… Cause you’re cutting the wrong side… I’m Confused…

Ken

By: lonelywolf1964

lonelywolf1964 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:14:44 +0000

I went to webb site and didn’t see that.

By: daveusaz1218

daveusaz1218 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 03:20:48 +0000

Very nice to see a pro at work

By: thetimbertailor

thetimbertailor — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:50:33 +0000

Dave,
Its great to an “old hand” at work. Nice job on this “How to Cut a Stair Stringer video!
Having done stair layout for years using just a framing square and later a construction calculator, I’ve recently found using Google’s free 3D SketchUp software a great new tool for the “math” part .
Just thought I’d invite you guys to check out the “Stairmathter” and “Steps in the Right Direction” blog posts I put up on The Digital Jobsite to see what you think of them.
Sincerely,
Matt Jackson

By: thetimbertailor

thetimbertailor — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:19:15 +0000

Hi Dave,
Had trouble with that last comment. Its supposed to read “Its great to see and listen to an “old hand” at work.”

Visit The Digital Jobsite blog at fine home building dot com if you’re interested in seeing the video tutorials that show using SketchUp for layout and planning stair stringers.

Thanks!

Matt Jackson
aka The Timber Tailor

By: DaveOsborneDotCom

DaveOsborneDotCom — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:24:31 +0000

Hi Matt,

Thanks for this comment. I checked out your videos based on sketchup and was impressed how you could move around the program. My experience for my drawings is with MS Paint. Stop laughing!! I’m going to download Sketchup right now and see if I can learn it. I may have to get special instructions from my grandkids, Ha!
Thanks, again,
Dave

By: 963hammerman

963hammerman — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:54:29 +0000

Is’nt easier to just divide by 8 for risers and treads. A 32nd of an inch can’t be accurately marked from a standard tape measure let alone cutting it. Break down fractions into decimals and back and your done

By: thetimbertailor

thetimbertailor — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:05:03 +0000

Hi Dave,
With an open mind you’ll learn SketchUP quickly! If you’re like me, you started with long-hand division written out on a board chaning to a fractional calculator when they came out and then to stair calculating computer software. I think you’ll find SU the next step. Heck, we went from vinyl to 8-track to cassette to CD to MP3′s in our lifetime too. Just keeps gettin’ better! No substitute for the years establishing the fundamentals of working with your hands though.
Matt

By: DaveOsborneDotCom

DaveOsborneDotCom — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:45:30 +0000

Hi Matt,
Yes, we have seen lots of things in our lives. I remember my Dad had a mechanical calculator, which did simple arithmetic. It was like a coffee grinder, with a handle he turned on the top. You forgot the slide rule, Ha! Yes, we have come a long way. My grandkids look at me weird, when I tell them I was here before plastic. My Dad had a grade 8 education, his company, sent him to university to learn computer scheduling, near the end of his career. He was a civil superintendent.
Dave