What are setting out rods?

In the joinery shop ‘Setting out’ refers to the act of drawing up the full size shop drawings or ‘Rods’. We create these drawings to aid the machinists and joiners on the shop floor with the cutting, machining and finally fitting of the components of a joinery item.

What’s the difference between setting out and marking out?

In the Building trade ‘Setting out’ refers to the act of measuring and marking out a full size plan of a building or element of a building on site. Marking out or layout means the process of transferring a design or pattern to a workpiece, as the first step in the manufacturing process.

What is a setting out drawing?

Setting out a building is the process of transferring architectural proposals from drawings into the ground. It establishes the location points for site boundaries, foundations, columns, centre-lines of walls and other necessary structural parts. Also, it establishes the buiding’s correct extent, angle and level.

What is a workshop Rod?

This full-size rendering is what we call a “Rod”. The rod should include a front view and side view, as well as a plan view from above. It needs to be very accurate as it is intended to be the definitive design. It is from this that all the components, doors, hinges, and joints will be measured.

What are the types of setting out?

Computations and setting out Methods for:

• Simple Circular Curves.
• Compound Curves.
• Reverse curves.
• Transition curves.
• Vertical curves.
• Setting out of horizontal alignment.
• Setting out of vertical alignment.
• Setting out of cross-sections.

What are Rod drawings?

Rod drawing may refer to: Bar drawing, the drawing of solid stock through a die to decrease its cross-section. Rod drawing, a specific type of tube drawing that uses a rod as a mandrel.

What are the aims of setting out?

The main reason for setting out (other than to guide the workers as they begin construction) is to ensure the construction remains within the legal boundary. This means there will be no legal disputes later on, such as those regarding property boundaries and rights of access.

What are the steps of setting out a building?

STEPS

1. Site clearance.
2. Obtain the architect or building plan.
3. Get the necessary materials ready (i.e. pegs, nails, rope or line, hammer, tape, marking tool etc)
4. Firstly, take note of the four corners where we have the proposed columns/pillars or as case might be.

What information can be obtained from a set out rod to produce a cutting list?

The size and position of joints. The size and position of all mortar and capillary grooves, throatings and drips. The rod number if it has one. The date it was drawn and by whom.

What is the 3 4 5 rule for squaring corners?

To get a perfectly square corner, you want to aim for a measurement ratio of 3:4:5. In other words, you want a three-foot length on your straight line, a four-foot length on your perpendicular line, and a five-foot length across. If all three measurements are correct, you’ll have a perfectly square corner.

How rod drawing is carried out?

The basic process behind wire and rod drawing process is reduction of the cross section of the rod by pulling the wire through one or more drawing dies. As the wire is pulled through the draw dies it keeps on shaping itself and thus is drawn.

How do you set out a door rod?

To set the Rod out.—Draw the springing line and a centre line at right angles to it, squaring from lower edge of board. Draw in the frieze rails and stiles, also section of the architrave 011 one side exactly as they occur on the width rod. Strike the door head with a beam compass, also the curved panels; mark in the radial joint line.

How to draw how to set out rods?

To set the Rod out.—Draw the springing line and a centre line at right angles to it, squaring from lower edge of board. Draw in the frieze rails and stiles, also section of the architrave 011 one side exactly as they occur on the width rod.

When do you set out the joinery on a rod?

It is considered somewhat infra dig. by most joiners to have the various constructive joints shown on the rod, as they are presumed to know the rudiments of their trade, but as the correct size and disposition of tenons, etc., is of more importance in circular work than in square, it is very usual to set these out 011 the rod.

How to draw the elevation of a rod?

To set out the Elevation.—Draw the springing line, parallel to the edge of setting-out board, and far enough upwards to get the plan underneath as shown in the example. It is usual to strike the entire arch, but one half is really sufficient.