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  1. #16
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    Larry:

    I'm just trying to get the angle accurate enough to model the room in Chief ?

    We've been doing it by "guesstimating" from the wall lengths and photos etc. and wanted to make the process a little easier.

    The concern I have about length is for when there is an angle in a very tight corner or area or ... and if the tool is too long to fit there ?

    Lew
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  2. #17
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    Lew,
    Bosch makes a protractor, but it is pricey.
    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_hi...o.x=12&Go.y=10
    Rented a tent. Rented a tent. Rented a, rented a, rented a tent. A snare drum on Mars. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
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    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_hi...o.x=12&Go.y=10

    Lew,
    Take a look at the Bosch protractor . . . pricey though but a nice kit all the same.
    Rented a tent. Rented a tent. Rented a, rented a, rented a tent. A snare drum on Mars. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...041200164.html

    V 10.08a

  4. #19
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    Tim:


    Definitely pricey, and overkill for my needs, but my friend who
    is a carpenter might be interested as he does moldings and miter
    cuts etc.

    Right now the Denali seems to be what I'm after.


    Thanks.

    Lew
    Lew Buttery
    Castle Golden Design - "We make dreams visible"

    Lockport, NY
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  5. #20
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    Hi Lew
    How much of an angle are you trying to measure?
    Is this just walls a little out or 30 and 45 degree type walls?
    .........

    Allen Colburn Jr.
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  6. #21
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    Allen:

    Any and all.

    The last couple of remodeling jobs I have done had angled walls

    So I'd like to have a tool I can keep in my kit back to measure them so that I can create the Chief model easier than we have in the past.

    Lew
    Lew Buttery
    Castle Golden Design - "We make dreams visible"

    Lockport, NY
    716-434-5051
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    lbuttery at castlegoldendesign.com

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    You just want a new toy then?
    I know the feeling...lol..
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    Allen Colburn Jr.
    Pascoag RI 02859
    Residential Design Drafting/Framer

    Drafter for:
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  8. #23
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    Yep, I do like my toys, and the higher tech the better

    Lew
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    Castle Golden Design - "We make dreams visible"

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  9. #24
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    Tim:

    Yep, friend definitely likes that Bosch unit and is going to get one.

    Thanks

    Lew
    Lew Buttery
    Castle Golden Design - "We make dreams visible"

    Lockport, NY
    716-434-5051
    www.castlegoldendesign.com
    lbuttery at castlegoldendesign.com

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  10. #25
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    take regular piece of paper 8 1/2 x 11 fold it to match the wall angle ( mark them on your plan and # them if there is alot of angles in the space )then when you get home use a simple protractor
    Last edited by woody18428; 02-24-2007 at 02:27 PM.

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    Woody:

    simple and inexpensive, but I do like my tech toys

    I heard that NASA spent Millions developing a pen that would work in space in the absence of gravity.

    The Russians went low tech and used a pencil

    Lew
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    Lew. Roofing companies who do re-roofs use a tool that measures pitch on a roof. You lay it on the actual roof and it measurs the roof in "degrees" I believe. Try Home depot

    Greg

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    or Try geometry Google to find the equation using distances

  14. #29
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    Greg:

    I have one of those and it works fine for roof pitch but it doesn't go into wall angles, the base needs to be moveable to fit the the wall angle.

    Lew
    Lew Buttery
    Castle Golden Design - "We make dreams visible"

    Lockport, NY
    716-434-5051
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  15. #30
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    Try geometry Google to find the equation using distances

    too slow, too much math

    I understand the math, just prefer not to do it.

    Lew
    Lew Buttery
    Castle Golden Design - "We make dreams visible"

    Lockport, NY
    716-434-5051
    www.castlegoldendesign.com
    lbuttery at castlegoldendesign.com

    CHIEF X5 (started with v9.5)

 

 

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