Hand Tool Proficiency
The four tasks every trade comes back to: measure, mark, cut, and fasten. Tape-measure tricks, layout marking with the right chalk, hand-saw and chisel basics, and how to pick the correct hammer, nail, and screw for the job. Pairs the construction-apprentice hand-tool guide with shop math so the numbers on the tape stop being a guess.
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Hand Tool Proficiency
The measure-mark-cut-fasten foundation of every trade. Covers tape and folding rule technique including the hook-float true-zero trick, chalk lines and speed squares, hand saw TPI selection (crosscut 8-10, rip 5-6, Japanese pull 14-18), ...
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