Cubit is easy; IIRC, tip of the thumb to the elbow (I guess if Noah was tall enough there'd been more room for animals)
Gopher wood - Wikipedia
Best I can offer, several "opinions" there...
Useta ski up to about half my life ago, by then it'd already started hurtin' more than it wuz worth
All THOSE particular clamps come from HF, probly got a couple hundred$ in those - Necessary on this hill if I want my rube goldberg stuff to stay PUT

Doing it that way keeps the heavy tarps tucked up under the fascia and keeps everything BONE DRY (including me)
But that's NUTHIN' compared to the weld clamps, probly at least $1500 in those, NOT counting another $3-500 in vise grips over time, plus another $800+ in various woodworking clamps - Guess I should change my name to "Jed", obviously I'm a "Clampett" sorta guy :laughing:
Mentioned this earlier, the
$41k (proceeds from smaller of 2 401k's) is to finish paying off the mortgage so I can tell my insurance to POUND SAND. I have
my OWN plans on how I'll fix/improve
MY place, now I can do it
MY way on
MY schedule. The payoff happens this Friday...
THEIR way woulda meant I'd just hafta DO IT OVER - and
since this ain't Beer, Sex or Pizza, I'm NOT INTERESTED :thumbdown:
"you got better lighting under the tarp than I do in my garage" Mine too; those lights'll end up scattered in various containers, etc, when they're no longer needed where they are...
"Are you cutting that sheet metal with abrasive blade of metal cutting blade and with what size HF skill saw?"
Answered clear back in August, when you asked about a more "spendy" version
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/387658-container-weld-shop-build-48.html
The money I saved by NOT getting one like you asked about, is part of what bought this one
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Evolution-15-Amp-14-in-Chop-Saw/1000129713
(my price as a vet was $340)
The HF saw on a coupon wuz $30, metal blade $20, worth the $50 for what it does. Piece of angle or square tube for a guide, zips through 14-16 ga steel like it was plywood, added benefit is that it does NOT set the wood floor of a container on fire

- kinda makes a mess, but one of these
3" Magnetic Sweeper with Wheels
And one of these
Long Reach Magnetic Pickup Tool with Quick Release
Takes care of everything from powder to chips - I use the
roll-around one first, dumping THAT leaves a 30" long ROW of metal on the floor.
Then I use the small one, swipe it along the "dump line", then I can dump THAT into a coffee can - almost takes longer to type that than DOING it...
Gettin' close to supper time; later... Steve