Shoutout to the chalk line trick that saved my stair stringer layout

After snapping lines wrong twice on a deck job in Tacoma last month, I started pulling the chalk line tight and pressing it down with a 2x4 offcut to get a dead straight mark on wet lumber, has anyone else found that works better than the old snap and pray method?

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leo_carr135d ago

Yeah that 2x4 trick is solid, I've been doing the same on any wet or rough lumber for years. The key is giving it a good hard pull before you press down, most guys just snap it and get a lazy line that wanders.