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TIL a simple string line trick from a guy in Boise
Last month I was setting a long cedar fence line on a slope in Boise, and my posts kept drifting out of true. An older contractor on the next lot saw me struggling and came over. He told me to run a second string line parallel to my first, about six inches off the ground, to check for plumb along the whole run, not just at the corners. It sounds obvious now, but I'd only ever used a single high line. Has anyone else picked up a simple trick like that from watching another crew work?
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lucas5517mo ago
That's a solid trick. Makes you wonder how many obvious things we miss just because nobody shows us, right? I once spent half a day trying to level a squat rack before a client walked in and pointed out the leg was on a floor vent.
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pat_shah427mo ago
Totally feel that floor vent story. It's crazy how we can stare right at the problem and still not see it. I read something once about "invisible obvious" stuff, where the answer is right in front of you but your brain just filters it out. Makes me wonder what simple fixes I'm missing in my own garage gym right now because I'm overthinking it. We really do need a second set of eyes sometimes just to point out the dumb thing we're standing on.
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parker_bailey6mo ago
Man that "invisible obvious" thing is so real. It's like your brain just puts up a blind spot for the simplest answer. @pat_shah42, I bet your garage gym has one of those things you'll notice in a month and facepalm over. My buddy came over last week and instantly saw my cable machine was crooked because I had a plate leaning on the upright. Felt so dumb. We get so used to our own space we stop really seeing it.
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