On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 22:34:02 -0500, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 3/18/18 9:55 PM, Jerry Osage wrote:
On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:34:36 -0500, -MIKE-
wrote:

On 3/17/18 2:11 PM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
On 03/17/2018 02:07 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
f*he's*a*professional*framer,*then*he's*already*th ought*of*my*suggestion.
It*shouldn't*take*two*framing*carpenters*any*longe r*to*do*what*I
described*than*it*took*me*to*type*it.**:-)****Seriously.

I dunno about that. You have to take it up, tack it in place, measure,
take it down, cut, remove the top, and install it. That's a lot of steps.


Right. A LOT fewer steps than trying to measure each stud.

You said he was a pro. With an inexperienced helper, it would be done
in an hour, tops. This is something a professional framer would've
figured out by intuition.

I gave you a really good solution to the problem. I'd be setting
trusses by now. :-)

Is this guy a missionary, by chance?

This is starting to sound like a Troll.

Solution presented -- Yes, but...

Another solution presented -- Yes, but...

The guy wants to use a Chop Saw with a Laser Rangefinder and he stated
three questions:
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Questions:

1) Do distance finders allow offsets like that to be dialed in?
2) Is there a better/faster/smarter way to do this?
3) Is there already a tooling system for just this problem?
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It appears that any answer to question 2 is invalid unless it addresses
the Chop Saw and a laser rangefinder.


Seems that way, huh?
I'd have the trusses up by now. :-)

I don't doubt that. However, your solution seems too low-tech, simple,
and quick. You are exhibiting the ways of a Pro - they look for a simple
and elegant solution - implement it, and get the job done and move on.

Meanwhile the amateur will futz around and waste days trying to find a
workable solution much harder than it needs to be. Moreover, the more
difficult, the more high-tech and closer to impossible the solution is -
the better. I have fallen victim to that in the past.

If money is no object I'm sure that there several companies that would
be happy to design and build him a long table Chop Saw positioning
system with an accuracy of 1/32", or better.
--

Jerry O.