Measure twice and screw it up anyway

[Tom Bender]

Making a drawer front 41" x 3" x 1" and absent mindedly cut it 3" too short,,,,rats. The fix is surprisingly easy, I just glued the offcut back on. Endgrain gluing is surprisingly strong and invisible. I may add something to reinforce it but it really is not needed.

Sometimes I enjoy making corrections. It counteracts my incompetence with a wiff of competence.

[Jim Koepke]

Making a drawer front 41" x 3" x 1" and absent mindedly cut it 3" too short,,,,rats. The fix is surprisingly easy, I just glued the offcut back on. Endgrain gluing is surprisingly strong and invisible. I may add something to reinforce it but it really is not needed.

Sometimes I enjoy making corrections. It counteracts my incompetence with a wiff of competence.

Measuring errors is one of my reasons for switching from using tape measures and rulers to using a story stick. No addition or marking the half inch on the wrong side of the inch.

Those of us with a touch of dyslexia can have real problems with measuring devices.

jtk

[Ron Patrick]

Been there, done that, lol, even the fix

[steven c newman]

Hmmm, doesn't Lee Valley sell Board Stretchers? :rolleyes:

[al heitz]

Hmmm, doesn't Lee Valley sell Board Stretchers? :rolleyes:

Only during their April 1 "Lirpa Loof" sale day.

[Lee Schierer]

Hmmm, doesn't Lee Valley sell Board Stretchers? :rolleyes:

I know this is the hand tool forum but sometimes a corded tool is what you need. Board stretcher (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bgS6-O2APWY)

[Barney Markunas]

You are not alone.

"What's going on? I cut it twice and it is still too short."

[Jim Koepke]

If you have a 1X12 and need a longer 1X6 it is possible to cut the 1X12 diagonally and then reorient the pieces and join them along the diagonal to make a longer piece.

There are other ways of to do this depending on how long you want to make it.

jtk

[Flamone LaChaud]

I'll never forget the time I realized that 5'5" and 55" were not interchangable . . . .

[Joel David Katz]

Oof. I've never done end grain gluing. I never will.

[Osvaldo Cristo]

...

Sometimes I enjoy making corrections. It counteracts my incompetence with a wiff of competence.

You are not alone!

[James Pallas]

Scarf joints are fairly common at all kind of lengths of scarfs.
Jim

[Bob Glenn]

[QUOTE=Jim Koepke;2926967]Measuring errors is one of my reasons for switching from using tape measures and rulers to using a story stick. No addition or marking the half inch on the wrong side of the inch.

Those of us with a touch of dyslexia can have real problems with measuring devices.

DYSLEXICS UNTIE!

[Andrew More]

This is a pretty good board stretcher video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqJgZ7hq_xw