Hello XPERTFAB, having just recently gotten the capabilities up and running to get some pictures to post on here, I hope to add a bunch more visual additions. I hope others will also consider showing some of their special time savers, or as you have done thus far, at least give a good physical description. I have a pretty fair idea of how your special "beam gauge" is designed, sounds like a great tool. In my past life(before teaching full time) I too had a number of special gadgets and gidgets to help with making the job a bit easier and the layout tasks a bit more accurate. My thoughts for "tricks of the trade" have been based upon exactly this sort of thing, to enable everyone to share ideas and help one another out as we go about our business and to hopefully share this information with the new folks coming into the trade. Best regards, Allan