Thought for the Day: Why Doing a Task Twice Is Better Than Planning and Doing It Once
Yesterday, I was repairing part of the eaves on my house. It had sustained some water damage, and I needed to add a two-by-four piece of wood for some extra support.
I had already cut another, thinner piece. But I decided a more substantial piece was needed. And making it a little longer would give a nice, tight fit.
The thought occurred to me to measure the place where I would put the two-by-four. But that meant finding my measuring tape and climbing the ladder around the corner. What a hassle.
So I lay the thinner piece along the two-by-four, added a little extra for the nice, tight fit, and ran my handsaw back and forth over the wood. Within a couple minutes I had my custom-sized support.
As you have probably already guessed, the fit was very tight — much too tight — in fact, too tight by about half an inch.
Do you know what it’s like to cut half an inch from a two-by-four — with a hand saw?
When “slicing” a piece that thin, the edge of the wood keeps breaking off. This makes it hard to keep the saw...
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