09-27-2009, 03:49 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
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So which am I using here?
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09-27-2009, 03:51 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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Might I ask why you aren't just cutting a 38.8 degree angle on the bottom edge, then measuring the length of 46.23" and cutting a 51.2 degree cut on the top edge?
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09-27-2009, 03:53 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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a) I have no idea what you're talking about.
b) I doubt I have the tools to pull that off.
Just so we're on the same page... with my mad photoshop skills... to better explain the width...
So what am I going with?
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09-27-2009, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
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Originally Posted by Prototype
a) I have no idea what you're talking about.
b) I doubt I have the tools to pull that off.
Just so we're on the same page... with my mad photoshop skills... to better explain the width...
So what am I going with? |
In this case you should measure it to be 27.29 inches based on my updated calculations
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09-27-2009, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Prototype
The board is originally 10 feet long, 9.25 inches wide, and about 1.5 inches thick.
The length to cut is what I'm looking for, and the thickness shouldn't play in this equation.
Here goes nothing.
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Originally Posted by awildermode
it is about 27.425
i used Illustrator and created your triangle. then a 9.25 plank...measured it and got that.
your smaller triangle is about 17 X 21.5
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Originally Posted by Boo Radley
So when I re-do the calculations using an un-cut board width of 9.25 inches.
I calculate your missing length to be 27.29 inches.
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well, i keep getting around the same number with 9.25 width
27.425
boo got 27.29
Edit: yes, ^^^ go with the Boo's math
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Last edited by awildermode; 09-27-2009 at 04:01 PM.
Reason: agree with boo radley
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09-27-2009, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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Here goes nothing... for the first time. A thanks to the one who got it right with their first guess...
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09-27-2009, 06:02 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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I thanked both of you, but awildermode had it right with his first equation... although my picture caused the difference. Thanks to the both of you.
Now to get the steps in... good lord...
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09-27-2009, 06:18 PM
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Good to hear you are on to the "next step".
who needs math when you have CP?
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09-27-2009, 07:28 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Prototype
OK, so I'm trying to cut sideboards for the stairs I'm trying to build. I need to figure out the short side measurement.
The height to the top of the deck is 29 inches.
The long side of the side panel is going to go out 3 feet (36 inches)
Using a2 + b2 = c2, I have figured the diagonal of the triangle to be 46.25 inches.
The width of the board is 9.25 inches.
Trying to figure out the short side so I can measure that out, and make my cuts so that the one side is flush with the deck, and the other is flush with the ground.
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Somebody get this guy a Smartboard
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09-27-2009, 07:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Sideboards are for chumps and the weak.
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09-27-2009, 08:51 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Prototype
OK, so I'm trying to cut sideboards for the stairs I'm trying to build. I need to figure out the short side measurement.
The height to the top of the deck is 29 inches.
The long side of the side panel is going to go out 3 feet (36 inches)
Using a2 + b2 = c2, I have figured the diagonal of the triangle to be 46.25 inches.
The width of the board is 9.25 inches.
Trying to figure out the short side so I can measure that out, and make my cuts so that the one side is flush with the deck, and the other is flush with the ground.
Any ideas?
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Here is your Answer!!!>>>> http://www.blocklayer.com/Stairs/StairsEng.aspx
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09-28-2009, 06:47 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Davenport, Iowa
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I'm glad that wasn't posted earlier, because this thread was awesome.
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09-28-2009, 07:37 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
*head explodes*
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*insert joke about an oilers fan in a math thread*
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09-28-2009, 08:30 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Calgary
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This might just fall into the "dumb blonde" question category...and I know you have it figured out...but...
With dimensions this small couldn't you just draw it out with chalk on the driveway and simply measure your missing length?
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09-28-2009, 12:36 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: @robdashjamieson
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Originally Posted by First Lady
This might just fall into the "dumb blonde" question category...and I know you have it figured out...but...
With dimensions this small couldn't you just draw it out with chalk on the driveway and simply measure your missing length?
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No... 
Things I also could have tried:
- Cutting 100 times until I got the right fit.
- Calling Mike Holmes.
- Asking a Habs fan, cause they're all about shorter lines.
The stairs are done... who cares what I could have or couldn't have done. I appreciated the help I got.
I'm sure if I didn't have them done, and I didn't post, one of my friends would have said "Couldn't you have posted it on CP, and get one of those 50-year old nerds who live in their parents basement to figure it out for you?"
/fleuryfan reference
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09-28-2009, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Calgary
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If I had seen this thread earlier I could've drawn it up in CAD for you and posted it as a PDF.
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09-28-2009, 01:12 PM
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evil of fart
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This thread has been surprisingly entertaining.
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09-28-2009, 02:00 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Prototype
I'm sure if I didn't have them done, and I didn't post, one of my friends would have said "Couldn't you have posted it on CP, and get one of those 50-year old nerds who live in their parents basement to figure it out for you?"
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I am glad only one of those is correct...
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09-28-2009, 02:22 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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