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Pro tip: A weird trick with a 3D printed jig fixed my constant dimension drift on long runs
I kept having this issue on big commercial jobs where my string of dimensions would drift maybe an eighth over 50 feet, just enough to throw off a whole bay. I was checking my tape, my scale, everything. Last week, I was working on a warehouse in Tacoma and got desperate. I modeled and printed a simple L-shaped jig that clips onto my scale bar. It forces my pencil to hit the exact same spot every single time I mark from a dimension line. It sounds dumb, but after three days using it, my check measures were spot on. The problem wasn't my math, it was my hand wobble adding up. Has anyone else found a physical fix for a tiny error that snowballs?
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aaron_gonzalez26d agoTop Commenter
Genius. My chisel guide fixed the same wobble.
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kim_martin26d agoProlific Poster
Wait, you had a chisel guide, @aaron_gonzalez?
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