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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benlewis25d 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.

white.seth26d ago

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

murray.rowan26d 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.