Lack of capable "tradesmen"

[Guppy]

What’s it measure ? Two little marks after the 15…… you’re fired…..

[Rmarsh]

Originally Posted by Guppy

What’s it measure ? Two little marks after the 15…… you’re fired…..

Ive seen guys hold rafter stock up and draw cuts instead of learning to use the tables on a framing square.... and most never heard of Pythagorian theorem. Cutting stair stringers is another task those without math skills fail miserably at. Reading a ruler can be a big challenge for the poorly educated.

[Rmarsh]

Originally Posted by Guppy

What’s it measure ? Two little marks after the 15…… you’re fired…..

I had a young guy from Guatemala helping me...nice kid but I noticed
a lot of his baseboard cuts were either too short or too long by about an eighth of an inch. I took him aside and marked on a scrap of wood a scaled up drawing of one inch, illustrated with sixteenths, eighths, quarters, etc labeled each one. He started cutting more accurately soon after that.