Measuring, Marking & Layout

Last November, a miscalculation on a custom console table ate up three hours of my afternoon. The leg insert needed to slip into a socket I’d already welded, and my tape measure reading was off somewhere between 3/32 and 1/16 of an inch—close enough for horseshoes, not close enough for fitted metalwork. I ended up … Read more

My buddy walked into the garage last week and asked why I was scrapping a perfectly good steel coffee table. Clean miters, careful layout, everything checked before I started. Except one corner was sitting proud by nearly 3/16 of an inch when I assembled it flat. The culprit? A combination square I’d bought for $8 … Read more