Double Sill Plate

[DougM]

Your right Joey, must be a Noreaster....Allen, same here, It will be 42 yrs this September that I've been in this business, and the changes are unreal...I recall in late the 50's when I would hang out with my dad on jobs and he would have a guy sitting all day and just sharpen hand saws........

[Allen42acj]

Doug
I remember sharpening skill saw blades..
Still have a scare on my thumb from a freshly sharpened had saw..

[DougM]

I worked for a guy who made up sharpen our retractable razor blades....he gave us all a small 1"x2" diamond stone...crazy right? Or if the point went dull we would snap off the tip for a fresh edge, although, that I must admit I still do when doing siding & drywall. Quicker to snap it than to change it ...

[DougM]

We should start a page entitled " Strange Tales of a Contractor"

[Allen42acj]

6 pack was under $2.00.

[DougM]

And cigs, $ 0.27 a pack...or was that a gallon of gas? LOL.....or both.

[Francois]

" I recall in late the 50's when I would hang out with my dad on jobs and he would have a guy sitting all day and just sharpen hand saws......"

I remember straightening nails pulled out of forms to be re-used on the job !!!

[tweeter]

Hi! Everyone
here in Saskatchewan we donot usually use sill plates,instead we use 2 2x4's upright spaced apart to the width of the concrete wall.still have not figured how to do that to show on elevations.