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    Cedar ladder - photo

    Cedar ladder by Brastafarian. An indoor tool, yes, but beautiful enough to melt the heart of the most hardened anti-dead-trees machinist.

    Great glamour pose for a ladder too. This ladder should have its own Instagram - I would even forgive it for posting selfies all day long.

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    I will never look at a ceder post the same way again.
    I've never used instagram. and don't do social media but yes for that ladder I could be persuaded to make an exception.

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    Well said Jon and Frank...totally agree and splitting that so accurately is impressive.
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    Am I missing something?
    What am I missing?
    Yeah, it is a stupendous job of re-sawing and burnished live edge.

    It doesn't go anywhere, not even a shelf.
    Too short for bulbs or fixtures in the cathedral ceiling.
    Not even close to a 4:1 angle for it's height, and the feet are mitered to that stance.
    Probably something else too.

    I'm a function over form guy; Sorry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toolmaker51 View Post
    Am I missing something?
    What am I missing?
    Yeah, it is a stupendous job of re-sawing and burnished live edge.

    It doesn't go anywhere, not even a shelf.
    Too short for bulbs or fixtures in the cathedral ceiling.
    Not even close to a 4:1 angle for it's height, and the feet are mitered to that stance.
    Probably something else too.

    I'm a function over form guy; Sorry.
    They probably have it anchored to the wall so someone can climb up and look out of the top window off to the left. yes is may be a bit of a steep angle but no where near as steep as an alternating tread stairs
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    Alternating tread stairway, lol. I had to contend with one at Reno TESLA plant while we built the battery assembly line. I've been ladder wise long as I can remember, even before USN aircraft carriers, no shortage of those onboard. The alt-tread concept I do not fathom; other than you are forced to use handrails.
    Probably invented by a company selling tool belts and backpacks.
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    TM51; you being a Navy man I figured you would have an affection for them. Like most I figured it would be less than an enthusiastic one I've encountered a few. I think the only people who are comfortable using them were those who spent their high school and college years in a marching band practicing the high step march in place drill.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    TM51; you being a Navy man I figured you would have an affection for them. Like most I figured it would be less than an enthusiastic one I've encountered a few. I think the only people who are comfortable using them were those who spent their high school and college years in a marching band practicing the high step march in place drill.
    Aside from silly looking hats and dorky denim pants there is little I found dislike toward, in 26 years service USN. If Col Jeff Cooper knew chapeaus like berets and Dixie Cups were pointless, who am I to disagree? My affinity for bell bottoms never materialized at enlistment or disco either. John Travolta; I'm not. Yet they had intentional secondary uses, built-in; but no call to utilize past boot camp.
    And one reason or another had me all over every ship I'd been deployed; there were NO split tread ladderways, ever. So that notion of 'safety' is lost on me.
    Per Col. Cooper's advice "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands".
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    I seam to remember seeing a split tread ladder-way on one of the museum submarines I toured I think it may have even been semi spiral. And on a couple off shore rigs some smart tailed engineer saw fit to put some in the most inopportune places the only easy way to descend them was to hook your boots on the railing and slide down at the risk of being written up of course. Then there was that architect friend of mine who had me build him a spiral stair without a center pole splitting the treads to access his bunker style basement situated 30 feet under his house to have an escape way in case his elevator failed
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    I seam to remember <snip> only easy way to descend them was to hook your boots on the railing and slide down at the risk of being written up of course.
    Written up? Lol. First off, could depend on watch reliefs 15 minutes before hand. Could always find some kind of entertainment until 5 or 10 minutes after. Then Seabiscuit was in the gate.
    On carriers, the ladderways are positioned [mostly] alternately from the hanger bay up the tower, usually 10 or 11 levels. With signal bridge and navigation bridge at the top I'd drop through one floor hatch and swing around at each level for the next. Like Popeye I'm not tall, so didn't hook boots, just straight-armed them. Usually whooop-whooping Curly style silently. Real fast because I banked in the turns.
    Well, Captains elevator is in the same space. Almost nailed once, stepping into hanger seconds before elevator car opened. Skipper and Navigator awaited the car in the tower, I didn't slip handrails until one deck below. Men don't wink at each other, but there's a look from superiors that means "We know."
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