Ever thought about building a deck or a landing with some stairs? Young carpenter who was never taught how to cut a stringer?? I got you. Here’s part 1 of 2 to get you started down the road of being a competent stair builder. This is how I learned 20 years ago. I strongly believe you should understand the math behind this and not depend solely on calculators and online forms. Obviously I use calculators too, but any serious carpenter should understand this well enough to explain it to the next g

Here’s a handy function available on most calculators. When building, there are many times a distance needs to be divided into numerous equal spaces, then laid out one space at a time. Adding the same number to itself repeatedly is made super easy by inputting the value you’re working with, then pushing the “ ” button twice, and then successively hitting “=“ in order to get compounding equals intervals. . . . . . #math #calculator #efficiency #carpentry #carpenter #tradesmen #layout #display | A