TIL a simple cabinet scribe can turn into a 4-hour nightmare

The wall in this old Denver bungalow was so out of plumb my pencil line just vanished, and I had to freehand the cut with a jigsaw after three failed attempts. Anyone ever have a wall so bad it broke your normal process?

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benlewis7mo ago

Man, that reminds me of the time I tried to hang a shelf in my last apartment. The wall was so bad the level just laughed at me. Ended up using like a whole pack of shims.

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white.seth7mo ago

That "out of plumb" wall just means you skipped the step of actually measuring it first.

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murray.rowan7mo ago

Tell that to the hundred year old house I'm working on. The whole place is a lesson in creative angles. Sometimes you measure it, know it's wrong, and still have to make it work. That's just real world renovation.

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