Dan, yu have scored well. I'd suggest after a trial run that you
and those who were involved in the welding, etc. patent that item and
in a period of time we can buy one at Lowes or other big stores.
thanks.Lee
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008
at 10:39:36AM -0400, Dan Rossi wrote:
> While framing out the deck and landings, I kept wishing for a jig that I
> could slide over the rim joist. It would have a 1.5 inch wide slot on one
> side that would go over the perpendicular joist,and a quarter or half inch
> slot on the rim joist side that would be exactly in the middle. You would
> then know where to start your nails or screws to go through the face of
> the rim joist and into the end of the support joist.
>
> I tried building one out of wood but it didn't work all that well. I was
> just handed the exact thing I had designed in my head.
>
> A young woman here at work is taking a welding class. We were chatting
> one day and she said if I had any projects or ideas, she could try and do
> it for practice in her class.
>
> I sketched out my design, and she and her instructor made a perfect
> prototype of my design.
>
> Just imagine a 4.5 inch wide, 20 inch long flat piece of eighth inch
> Aluminum.
>
> Bend it into a square shaped U with 1 5/8 inches between the two legs.
>
> Cut a 1/4 inch slot down the middle of one leg.
>
> Cut the other leg down the middle and fold little wings back so that you
> open a 1 5/8 wide slot with wings sticking out perpendicular to the slot.
> The wings are half of 1 5/8 or about 13/16 inches long.
>
> I used 1 5/8 inches rather than 1 1/2 inches just for some leeway in
> dimensional lumber.
>
> So, now if I am doing some work like framing, I just drop the jig over the
> two perpendicular joists and I know exactly where to place the screws or
> nails.
>
> Way cool!
>
> --
> Blue skies.
> Dan Rossi
> Carnegie Mellon University.
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