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To: AnAmericanMother

OK, but what do the little diamonds at 19 7/32” and 38 7/16”, etc on your tape measure mean? I have never been able to figure that one out.


32 posted on 07/21/2008 5:02:49 AM PDT by gridlock (Al Gore wants YOU to live like the Flintstones while HE lives like the Jetsons. .. FREE LAZAMATAZ!)
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To: gridlock

That’s your off-center spacing for standard wall studs. It will give you five studs for every 8 feet (useful for plywood, sheetrock, etc.


34 posted on 07/21/2008 5:11:10 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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