Made some drawer boxes for the master closet built-in yesterday. Measured
twice, cut once. Went to install them this morning, and I'll be hanged if
even a single one of those drawers fit. Nine times out of ten, I'd use a
story stick, but this was such a small job; there were only four basic
measurements.
Anyway, get this: they were too tall. All I had to do was trim 1/2" off
the boxes and faces of two drawers to make a perfect fit. Can't for the
life of me remember the last time I mis-measured something and cut it too
*big*!
Cheers!
"Leon" wrote in message
> Sometimes.....sometimes I read from the top of the tape and read on the
> wrong side of the number and interpret it incorrectly.
Yessir ... misreading a tape measure, particularly the one on the table saw
fence, has been at the root of almost all my major woodworking screwups ...
and rarely, if ever, do I err on the side of "too large/long". Somewhere
around $5 a board foot, you start paying particular attention.
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> Yessir ... misreading a tape measure, particularly the one on the table
saw
> fence, has been at the root of almost all my major woodworking screwups
...
> and rarely, if ever, do I err on the side of "too large/long". Somewhere
> around $5 a board foot, you start paying particular attention.
Since having to wear glasses in the shop the last year or so, I ve done
significantly more "misreading" than previously. Maybe I should get a pair
of bifocals for the shop and leave the 'progressive lenses' in the house
R
"Jim Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>snip
> Can't for the life of me remember the last time I mis-measured something
and cut it too *big*!
>
> Cheers!
Yea, right!
:-)
"Jim Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>
> the boxes and faces of two drawers to make a perfect fit. Can't for the
> life of me remember the last time I mis-measured something and cut it too
> *big*!
Today... Wrestled the cabinet down the steps. Too big. Wrestled it back up.
Lucky. I cut a board three times and it was still too short!
"Jim Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Made some drawer boxes for the master closet built-in yesterday.
Measured
> twice, cut once. Went to install them this morning, and I'll be hanged
if
> even a single one of those drawers fit. Nine times out of ten, I'd use
a
> story stick, but this was such a small job; there were only four basic
> measurements.
>
> Anyway, get this: they were too tall. All I had to do was trim 1/2"
off
> the boxes and faces of two drawers to make a perfect fit. Can't for
the
> life of me remember the last time I mis-measured something and cut it
too
> *big*!
>
> Cheers!