Repeating the same measurement over and over is a waste of time.

Whenever you have repetitive measurements, make yourself a gauge block.

This trick works from construction, machining to woodworking.

When putting up the siding on my new shop. I was spacing boards at 4 inches apart. I made a gauge block cut at 4 inches wide to automatically space them apart.

All without using my tape measure!

Any time you make the same measurement over ten times, it saves time to make a gauge block.

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My grandfather was a tool designer. He’d always be making “a jig for that”. 🧡

It was in his blood!

♥️

But don’t you need a tape measure to make your gauge block? 😆

Sure, but, you only need it once. This way is a lot faster.

No... You can use a ruler or just gauge the gauge block...

There is one in every crowd...🙄

Cheers!