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  2. Speed square - Wikipedia

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    Among its basic uses are marking common, hip, valley and hip, or valley jack rafters, laying out stair stringers, determining and marking angles, and making square cuts on boards. Common lines made using a speed square include perpendicular cut marks and Angles definition of an angle for roofs, stairways, and decks. The tool uses a 0° reference.

  3. Steel square - Wikipedia

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    The board is cut along the dotted lines, and the top plumb cut and the bottom level cut are traced by holding the square on the opposite side. The stringer in this example has two pieces of tread stock. This allows for a slight overhang. There is also a space in between the boards. The bottom of the stringer must be cut to the thickness of the ...

  4. Riser (casting) - Wikipedia

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    A bronze casting showing the sprue and risers. A riser, also known as a feeder, [1] is a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent cavities due to shrinkage.Most metals are less dense as a liquid than as a solid so castings shrink upon cooling, which can leave a void at the last point to solidify.

  5. Stair rod - Wikipedia

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    The brackets are installed on either side the carpet runner directly on the wood of the step. The brackets hold the bar that lies across the carpet runner firmly in place. A decorative finial end is commonly attached or integrated into the ends of the bar or attached to the outside of the brackets to give a more decorative and less industrial look.

  6. The best stair lift for 2025: Chair lifts that make ... - AOL

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    With 12.2% of Americans struggling to walk or climb stairs, a stair lift can make a major difference in accessibility at home. Those who face mobility issues, such as seniors, people recovering ...

  7. Stairs - Wikipedia

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    Stringers on open-sided stairs are called "cut stringers". Tread rise: The distance from the top of one tread to the top of the next tread. Total rise: The distance the flight of stairs raises vertically between two finished floor levels. Winders: Winders are steps that are narrower on one side than the other.

  8. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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    A type of flat, tapered, single-cut file used to cut, flatten, and smooth (or "float") wood surfaces by abrasion, e.g. when making a wooden plane. Unlike rasps and files, floats have parallel teeth and can be resharpened as many times as the thickness of the blade will allow. flute 1. A deep channel cut in wood. 2. The cannel of a gouge. foxing

  9. Storey pole - Wikipedia

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    A storey pole (or story pole, storey rod, [1] story stick, [2] jury stick, [3] scantling, [4] scantillon [5]) is a length of narrow board usually cut to the height of one storey. [6] It is used as a layout tool for any kind of repeated work in carpentry including stair-building , framing , timber framing , siding , brickwork , and setting tiles.