Tread Gauge as a Template
An adjustable gauge that captures a space's true width and end angles — stair treads, alcove shelves — so the piece fits the first time.
Stairs
Stringers, treads, and railings.
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Stiffen a Stair Half-Wall
Bracing a wobbly knee wall down to the rim board through a hidden hole in the floor.
Scrap-Block Screw Clamp
Making a clamp out of a scrap of wood and a screw where no real clamp can reach, using the workpiece's own structure as the fixed jaw.
Stair Layout Diagonal Check
Using the third number of every step — the diagonal between rise and run — to prove each framing-square placement before cutting.
Stair Stringer Backing
A 2×4 spacer behind each stringer at framing time so drywall and skirt board slide in later instead of being scribed around stairs.
Stair Stringer Layout
The math and framing-square method for cutting stair stringers.
Story Stick Tread Fitting
Pinch sticks that capture a tread's exact length and angles without numbers.
Beveled Step Riser Forms
Cutting the bottom edge of concrete step forms at 45 degrees so a float can reach the whole tread below while the form stays in place.
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