Measuring, Residential Building Trades, construction, Architectural plans

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*

*(Includes limited PublicPerformance Rights: see 'Pricing' page)

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