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Jobsite Measuring Tools

10/11/17       
cabmaker

Pat Gilbert had a post on the millwork & installation forum about how to manage tools used for hanging cabinets. This made me think about the tools we use for measuring a job site.

The most useful tool is the portable desk. This is really handy when there are no horizontal surfaces to hold drawings while you measure the walls. We put this together using some 1/2 inch plywood and a small photography light stand. The plywood is about 10 x 16. The light stand collapses down to about 15 inches height.

We also use a photography lightstand for driving the the laser level. This extends to about 54 and has a hand crank for fine tuning position. It is made out of plastic and probably does not weigh more than a pound.

The combination squares are throw-away quality. I one time left an antique Brown&Sharpe combo square on a job site and vowed that would never happen again.

The clipboard holds pencils, paper and a plastic ruler for drawing straight lines. The clipboard supports legal size paper.

Not showing is a small Canon digital camera. We can usually get any pictures we need with an iPhone but sometimes prefer the flip screen and more powerful flash.

All of this fits into this bag we got from Amazon. The framing square stays pretty snug when the zipper is drawn tight.

In addition to this we also carry a 4 foot & 6 foot Stabila level. The aluminum step ladder stays in the truck unless we need it.

I am looking now for a photography bag to hold the levels. Getting all this through doorways is usually not an issue of weight or bulk but more about how much you can fit in your hand. Is not a big deal to hold as many as two or three bags in one hand if the handles are made of cloth loops.


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Measuring Tool Bag

10/11/17       #2: Jobsite Measuring Tools ...
cabmaker

There is still room in this bag for a set of headphones and a water bottle.


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10/11/17       #3: Jobsite Measuring Tools ...
DS

About $12 at Bed, Bath and Beyond.


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10/11/17       #4: Jobsite Measuring Tools ...
cabmaker

DS,

That is a pretty neat stand.
Is the the top section significantly wider than the bottom (i.e center of gravity issues)?

I am asking because the first thing it made me think of was how it might also be useful for jobsite photography. One of the banes of that endeavor is the constant need to move photography gear in & out of the shot.

Inevitably I shoot a job site then come back to see an errant lens still in the photography frame. Would like to have something that was very portable yet would still allow me to array the various accouterments in a way that was easy to get to and easy to move out of the shot.

10/11/17       #5: Jobsite Measuring Tools ...
DS

It's no wider on top than the bottom, that's an optical illusion. It's a laundry stand, available everywhere.

Drying Rack

10/12/17       #6: Jobsite Measuring Tools ...
Alan F. Member

We use a surface tablet with PDF annotator, incorporates pictures and you hang it around you neck. We use template for digital measuring

Surface "field" case"

10/14/17       #7: Jobsite Measuring Tools ...
Pat Gilbert

I use photo measures, recommended by someone on the WW

It's ok, but too slow much measuring.

Mostly I like a drawing.

10/15/17       #8: Jobsite Measuring Tools ...
Gerry Member

We use Imagemeter pro on a Android tablet. I like adding the measurements to a photo as I always seem to miss something when I draw.

It will import measurements from a bluetooth capable laser measuring device and will calculate measurements you missed based on the measurement of a large rectangle in the photo.

10/18/17       #9: Jobsite Measuring Tools ...
Mike Fuson

Measuring tape and angle finder that I store in the door of my truck, and an iPad. I use photo measures which has made life much easier. That’s pretty much all I need. I do all my presentation stuff over email or messenger. I don’t think I could much bring myself to trust a digital measuring device, but I’ve only had one and it wasn’t accurate.


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