The Golden Rule in construction is "measure twice cut once". Sometimes, I even have to measure three times. Materials are expensive and if you screw it up it costs time and money. The square depicted above is actually twelve inches long. I love this particular piece of wood because there's nothing square about it.
I wish high school geometry class would have incorporated the construction square in relation to the Pythagorean theorem. I learn how to apply the theorem building stairs and eaves on roofs. Remarkably, that which I thought was useless in high school became very practical and useful in later life.
This painting is not yet on my website but will be up soon. Dimensions are H6" x W18".
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