In high school shop class, we called them a profile gauge. They were made of metal sort of fingers, but the same thing. I was amazed when I first saw them. Like, wow, that is exactly how to make the right angle on a weird piece of trim on a double door, between rooms, and such. I certainly don't remember the brand name of the maker, but I am sure that many of the major hand tool makers all make one, such as Craftsman, or the like. While they are kind of specialized, I would bet that any carpenters like a home builder would have use of one. Although my uncle who build probably in the hundreds of houses never had one that I knew of. But that was back when he and a helper did all of the entire home themselves, from plumbing to electrical, to building their own trusses to final carpeting and construction of cabinets from scratch. They built the cabinets in my parents remodeled home, using birch paneling for the front. This was in 1965-66, when that was the cheap way to go. I refinished them when I was 19, in 1979. I sanded them all the way down to bare wood, stained them and varnished them. The still looked beautiful back in 2016, the last time I saw them. Birch, even just plywood, is a beautiful wood. Now, I suspect that you could buy the real thing about as cheap as plywood. In a house I bought in the same year, my first house, I found a piece of cherry, 40" X 7'X 2" thick. It was rough cut, and was really cherry. I took it to a lumber company and had it planed on both sides, and it was simply gorgeous. I gave it to my uncle the carpenter, for him helping me construct a chimney in my first house, for a wood stove. he was going to build a coffee table out of it. That uncle was my favorite, I always was planning on being a carpenter like him, until it became obvious that I just didn't have the talent. My dad didn't have any real skills with tools, and so I didn't really learn to use them myself, until I started to work in a shop, and learned on my own. So those guys whose dads were car nuts, or even just handy with tools were really lucky, and had a step up on those of us, like me, who didn't have a parent who were very mechanically inclined.
Models do use them. Model to cosmetic surgeon: "Hey doc, I want tits just like my bff. This is the profile. And when you have done that, I want a butt like this profile."
#8 Bring him to the US and he will know his retirement ddate in 6 months. #9 I have owned several of those both metal and plastic have their advantages if you lik that you will also enjoy the flexable french curve.
#5 I hope that hurt.....
ReplyDeleteI hope it killed him.
DeleteProbably not. Given the apparent speed and direct cranial impact, he most likely died almost instantly.
DeleteAlligator mouth meets support beam.
DeleteThat falls under the "what's the use of being one if you can't act like one" category
DeleteI wonder how much it cost to repair the support beam?
Delete#8 Michoacán Gordo ?
ReplyDelete#9 - I can see a whole lot of interesting uses for that
ReplyDelete#9. What is it? That would be very handy.
ReplyDeleteIt's a contour tool. They are fairly ubiquitous: https://www.amazon.com/contour-gauge/s?k=contour+gauge
DeleteYeah, I couldn't make out the brand name. I have something similar in metal, but if Wirecutter has info I would be interested in getting one.
DeleteActually, I just found it on Amazon. It's called a couture gauge.
Deletehttps://www.amazon.com/s?k=shape+duplicator&i=tools&crid=1MGK02C3RVDB0&sprefix=shape+%2Ctools%2C73&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_3_6
Every hardware store sells those in the tile/hardwood section. Nothing new.
DeleteIn high school shop class, we called them a profile gauge. They were made of metal sort of fingers, but the same thing. I was amazed when I first saw them. Like, wow, that is exactly how to make the right angle on a weird piece of trim on a double door, between rooms, and such.
DeleteI certainly don't remember the brand name of the maker, but I am sure that many of the major hand tool makers all make one, such as Craftsman, or the like. While they are kind of specialized, I would bet that any carpenters like a home builder would have use of one. Although my uncle who build probably in the hundreds of houses never had one that I knew of. But that was back when he and a helper did all of the entire home themselves, from plumbing to electrical, to building their own trusses to final carpeting and construction of cabinets from scratch.
They built the cabinets in my parents remodeled home, using birch paneling for the front. This was in 1965-66, when that was the cheap way to go. I refinished them when I was 19, in 1979. I sanded them all the way down to bare wood, stained them and varnished them. The still looked beautiful back in 2016, the last time I saw them. Birch, even just plywood, is a beautiful wood. Now, I suspect that you could buy the real thing about as cheap as plywood.
In a house I bought in the same year, my first house, I found a piece of cherry, 40" X 7'X 2" thick. It was rough cut, and was really cherry. I took it to a lumber company and had it planed on both sides, and it was simply gorgeous. I gave it to my uncle the carpenter, for him helping me construct a chimney in my first house, for a wood stove. he was going to build a coffee table out of it.
That uncle was my favorite, I always was planning on being a carpenter like him, until it became obvious that I just didn't have the talent. My dad didn't have any real skills with tools, and so I didn't really learn to use them myself, until I started to work in a shop, and learned on my own. So those guys whose dads were car nuts, or even just handy with tools were really lucky, and had a step up on those of us, like me, who didn't have a parent who were very mechanically inclined.
#6 - SHOCKING! Hey Buddy can I get a Lift?
ReplyDelete#3 Life of the farty.
ReplyDeleteStarker here,
ReplyDelete#6 seems happy about going to work.
Or is that Hoppy? I love puns, but Siegfried says, This is Kaos. We don't pun here!
#5 evolution 'n shit....
ReplyDeleteYou had me at #3 but absolutely nailed it with #5. Still laughing at that dumbass.
ReplyDelete#5 - are they implying that if you get enough brain damage, you too can learn to act cool?
ReplyDelete#4: I'd love to hear the thought process
ReplyDelete#5: Very satisfying ending. Darwin Award nominee?
#8 - He's regular Minnesota Skinny!
ReplyDelete#9 - Those things have been around forever!
"It's called a couture gauge."
ReplyDeleteYeah, I bet fashion designers & supermodels use them all the time.
'Contour'. Spelling is important.
--Tennessee Budd
Models do use them.
DeleteModel to cosmetic surgeon: "Hey doc, I want tits just like my bff. This is the profile. And when you have done that, I want a butt like this profile."
#5. Damn! One of the saddest, funniest in a long time.
ReplyDelete#8 Bring him to the US and he will know his retirement ddate in 6 months.
ReplyDelete#9 I have owned several of those both metal and plastic have their advantages if you lik that you will also enjoy the flexable french curve.
# 5: He should get a ticket for not wearing his seat belt.
ReplyDelete#5 It's funny until someone gets hurt, then it is hilarious! That was hilarious.
ReplyDelete#5 really needs a good coconut sound when his melon hits the beam.
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