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Well I made some doors for this cabinet. I went to put them on the cabinet and they're off. Hmmm. I checked and rechecked square. So I took out my best tape and measured for square. dead on to a 32nd ! I mean dead on. So I measure the cabinet. As expected. Off by 1/16th. Wider at the top than the bottom. But at least it wasn't racked.
So I planed the edges to fit. Le sigh.
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One of the nice things about wood is that you can often "fix" a mistake by changing a dimension or two. I have my fair share of nightstands that started out as entertainment centers.
- Vaughn
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VaughnOriginally Posted by Vaughn McMillan
One of the nice things about wood is that you can often "fix" a mistake by changing a dimension or two. I have my fair share of nightstands that started out as entertainment centers.
- Vaughn
It sounds like your entertainment lasted a while.
I usually find it much easier to be wrong once in while than to try to be perfect.
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At least you were able to fix it and didn't have to re-build parts of it! Great fix and no one will ever know.
Jeff Sudmeier
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Keith, this is just the "final fine fitting" operation which brings your project to perfection...
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Keith.....if all of here at SMC were to synchonize our "le sighs" it would be a roar heard around the world! You're not alone!
Ken
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Les condolensces....BTDT!
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I know we always have a little adjustment to fit. But man it was hard planing those doors. Prolly the best I've done to date. But to make them out of square, that hurt.
BTDT ?
Keith
"The element of competition has never worried me, because from the start, I suppose I realized wood contains so much inspiration and beauty and rhythm that if used properly it would result in an individual and unique object." - James Krenov
What you do speaks so loud, I cannot hear what you say. -R. W. Emerson
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... Been There, Done That....
Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....
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This was in Monday's paper, and it was just TOO appropriate for this thread. Sorry for beating a dead horse...
- Vaughn
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I am so frightfully amused.
"The element of competition has never worried me, because from the start, I suppose I realized wood contains so much inspiration and beauty and rhythm that if used properly it would result in an individual and unique object." - James Krenov
What you do speaks so loud, I cannot hear what you say. -R. W. Emerson
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