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28. Can you use a ticking stick and an old school coping saw?

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2026, 07:58 PM

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I learned Japanese geometry from a Zen Buddhist cabinet maker, but my proofs mostly work on transferring pyramid angles to a table saw.

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Any geometry geniuses here? [View all] LuckyCharms Tuesday OP

No idea, but I'm great at cutting corners. multigraincracker Tuesday #1

Haha! Me too! LuckyCharms Tuesday #3

DY failure pfitz59 Tuesday #2

So you are saying to add a third piece at the corner? LuckyCharms Tuesday #4

I've become a square, Lucky. Harker Tuesday #5

I think I'm just going to... LuckyCharms Tuesday #6

That's brilliant! Harker Tuesday #7

Chihuahua LuckyCharms Tuesday #8

I nearly blew a mouthful of twenty year old pu'er out through my nose. Harker Tuesday #9

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Say the corner isnt there. Kali Tuesday #11

If both pieces were on the same plane... LuckyCharms Tuesday #13

If I had to do it I would slap decorative stone at base and run to that Kali Tuesday #12

You can put a corner block that wraps around each side of the corner... LuckyCharms Tuesday #14

This might be exactly what you should do: Ptah Tuesday #15

But... LuckyCharms Tuesday #16

I've seen you own quite a few tools here. Harker Tuesday #17

Well, a lot of people call me a tool. LuckyCharms Tuesday #19

I know I like to be useful. Harker Tuesday #20

A screwdriver? sorcrow Tuesday #18

Compound miter Whip-poor-will Tuesday #21

This sounds like something I can look at, but... LuckyCharms Tuesday #22

If you have replacement Whip-poor-will Tuesday #23

I was great at geometry but have since forgotten applegrove Tuesday #24

Not a genius of any type Alpeduez21 Tuesday #25

Measure twice, cut once Niagara Tuesday #26

No. No. it goes like this... LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #32

I think you're looking for a wood worker more than a geometric whiz FullySupportDems Tuesday #27

Can you use a ticking stick and an old school coping saw? Brother Buzz Tuesday #28

A Post Maninacan Tuesday #29

It is impossible to make that a perfect join Pobeka Tuesday #30

You're right. Please see post #33. LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #34

Two years of calculus and 31 years of a math intensive career. Pobeka 2 hrs ago #35

I was just talking to a college kid... LuckyCharms 1 hr ago #36

Cut three times, measure once Niagara Tuesday #31

OH THIS VIDEO CLEARS IT UP ALRIGHT. LuckyCharms 4 hrs ago #33

Ow. My brain hurts... Harker 45 min ago #37