{"id":407685,"date":"2019-09-16T17:10:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T21:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finehomebuilding.com\/?p=407685"},"modified":"2019-09-19T11:53:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:53:01","slug":"micro-adjust-deck-baluster-spacing-for-eye-deceiving-layout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finehomebuilding.com\/project-guides\/decks\/micro-adjust-deck-baluster-spacing-for-eye-deceiving-layout","title":{"rendered":"Micro-Adjust Deck-Baluster Spacing for an Eye-Deceiving Layout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finehomebuilding.com\/1992\/11\/01\/baluster-layout\">Tim Scissons&#8217; 1992 tip in issue #77 of <em>Fine Homebuilding<\/em> magazine<\/a> <\/strong>had a cryptic description, but I knew there was a nugget of genius in it.<\/p>\n<p>I played around with the notion Tim presented\u2014using an elastic band to lay out balusters\u2014and developed a simple process to mark out the elastic and employ it to mark out baluster positions.<\/p>\n<p>If you like nanometer precision, then this isn&#8217;t for you. If you&#8217;re like me and feel a fat-pencil-line level of accuracy is okay for deck-baluster layout, then you&#8217;ll probably like the tip.<\/p>\n<p>If you try it, use 3\/4-in.- or 1-in.-wide Non-Roll elastic band. I paid about $2.50 for a 9-ft.-long (relaxed) roll.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikeguertin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.mikeguertin.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013IG<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mike_guertin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@mike_guertin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Scissons&#8217; 1992 tip in issue #77 of Fine Homebuilding magazine had a cryptic description, but I knew there was a nugget of genius in it. 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