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Dropped 200 bucks on a digital angle finder and it saved my butt on a stair rail job
I was laying out handrail brackets for a curved stairway outside Asheville and kept second-guessing my bevel gauge readings. Bought a digital angle finder for about 200 dollars and it gave me precise angles down to a tenth of a degree. Got the whole rail mounted in one shot with no re-drilling or patching holes. Any of you guys use digital tools on tricky layouts or do you stick with your old analog stuff?
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riley_west14d ago
Hang on, don't you usually wanna brace a curved rail before mounting brackets to check for twist in the stringer first? A digital finder is great for angle, but it won't catch a bowed wall like a good old straightedge and level will. Did you run a dry fit on the brackets before drilling or just trust the numbers?
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