The Measure
Videos
Part 1: FINGERS AND TOES
VHS 30 min
The first measurements......Fingers&Toes......Palms & Cubits......Greek inches
Roman feet......Tenand the metric system......The USA: built on feet & inches
Rulers, Folding.........Tapes,Steel.........Inch&Foot markings
Take This Joist & MeasureIt.........Measure Twice, Cut Once
Subdivisions: halves, toquarters to eighths to sixteenths
Short lines between tallerlines: the ruler marking conventions
Your call: the guesstimatinggame...Sixteenths the quick way......Thirty-seconds?
The importance of stayingsquare......Marking & line thickness
Ruler straight
The Measure
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Part 2: WHATWE NEED IS A PLAN
VHS 30 min
The idea becomes the planbecomes the structure: Architects and lines on paper
Drawing to scale ......Whatequals a foot?: scaling up and scaling down
The measure(ment) of aplan...... Details ......Verifying scale ......Doing the Math:
the Scale Rule ......FloorPlans ......Elevations ......Sections ......Ups and Downs in the
Real World: the Plumb Bob......Of gravity and bubbles in glass tubes: the Level
The Level Frame as referenceto square & plumb ......Standing on the corner:
cross-checking, three waysto be wrong
Life on the slopes: creatingan Optically level playing field
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Part 3: TIPS, TOOLS, & STANDARDS
VHS 30 min
Real lines: Layout withstring & batterboards Holding accurately: 'cutting'
inches.....Avoiding errors of accumulation.....Setup for consistent duplicates
..Straight edges.....Chalkbox lines .....Angles & tools: did you say Framing Square?
Men at work:...measuringthe easy way: tips and shortcuts from the pros
Global standards: the Arrivalof the Metric System .....Metric units of length
& their U.S. equivalents.....The precisionworld of tenths: calipers, micrometers,
dial guages, working tolerances.....Theinfluence of CAD and new technology
Architectural DraftingSymbols
VHS 30 min. $75.00*
DVD:The Measure Videos Parts One, Two, and Three: $224.50*
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