My mistake is that I measure it and don't make up a story stick on the spot.
Had to rebuild my show rack for my closet last night because I made it the correct size but couldn't get it to pass through the doorway that was 4" smaller.
Doh!
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My mistake is that I measure it and don't make up a story stick on the spot.
Had to rebuild my show rack for my closet last night because I made it the correct size but couldn't get it to pass through the doorway that was 4" smaller.
Doh!
Ok so they say confession is good for the soul.. A carpenter I know well was building a set of stairs for a deck. We were using trex for the treads and deck . This requires risers every 12'' so for this set of stairs that was seven. First one cut,good copy it six more times,good. All of them wrong. Who says 30 years of experience is foolproof. Mike.
Those awful sneaky skinny doors are the worst. Once had to tear a door out in a finished house to get a table into a kitchen - needed that extra 1-1/2," whoops!!
I once made a 4 foot eight inch wide bookcase to fit in an alcove.
Problem was it needed to be 48 inches wide.....I'm going to chalk that one up to Imperial confusion :D.Welcome to the club.............Rod.
Just an inch, and too big? Fortunate, and a good save!
I once cut a 4x6 PT post exactly 1' too short on a 2-story deck. Brain malfunction. Fortunately I could splice a short piece on the bottom and hide the joint in a railing. Fortunately the post was there for the look and railing, not essential for support. Fortunately it was my own deck and so I didn't feel like i was trying to deceive someone!
JKJ
When I first started working as a trim carpenter, I quickly realized that a lot of mistakes were due to "adding an inch" when you can't hook the end of a tape on a piece to be cut (like an inside miter on door casing). In other words, if the cut calls for 81" you start at 1" and mark at 82". If you forget to add the inch, your trim ends up being embarrassingly short. I switched to starting at 10" which is far enough off that I tend to remember to make the addition.
I left a part 1/8” (.125”) too long in an assembly. Once I found the problem it took 6 hours to repair. Now when I realize something is wrong, I take it apart and trim it down rather than leave a little mark on it that I forget about.
Mis-measured or altered a number in my mind betwixt rule and paper!?! Never . . .
When the shop-gods are smiling, I err on the side of too big.
Story poles.......using 'em a lot more the closer I get to Medicare.......;)
This is a great "asking for a friend" topic... LOL :D
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Originally Posted by Robert Engel
Yep, I really do need to use one - with every project. Measuring, writing down the measurement, transfering sketches to SketchUp, etc. presents too many opportunities for mistakes. I use one religiously when making a man door or a run of cabinets, but didn't think to use one on this project. Lesson learned.
Now let's hope the same cabinet, that also has to fit under a window, isn't an inch too tall!
John
I made a nice 5 shelf wall cabinet for loml's tissue salts, in which she has about 100 plastic bottles of.
It came out really nice. Now if the bottles fit onto the enclosed shelves it would have been nicer! :confused:
Luckily it was just some pine and left over plywood.
In many years as a carpenter I have done it many times. Typically it comes from looking at the wrong side of the number on the tape measure. Always ends up one inch off.
This is a great thread.
Sadly for me it’s a celebration when I complete a project without a mishap of some sort.
I wish I was that good but I’m not and PT ashamed to admit it.
That inch gets me too often!!!