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Builders' Tip: Building a Blueprint Table on the Job Site
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Like most builders, I’ve had to spread out the working drawings for a project on the ground, over a sawdust-covered subfloor or across the hood of the truck.
I finally got fed up with having to look at drawings this way a few years ago. Now I build a simple job-site blueprint table that saves time, frustration and a lot of wind-torn pages.
- As shown in the drawing, the table is a hunk of plywood large enough to accommodate the drawings.
- I affix it to a couple of convenient studs with an 8d nail through each corner, about 4 feet above the floor.
- Then I swing the bottom end up to about 30° below level and secure it with a couple of 2x4 kickers.
- Some 2x scraps as weights and a 1x ledger at the bottom of the table keep the prints from falling off.
I leave the blueprint table in place until the drywallers show up to do their thing.
— Will Ruttencutter, Coshocton, Ohio
Tips & Techniques provided by Fine Homebuilding.
©2005 The Taunton Press
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