Got the bookcase project we’ve been working on completed to the point that the two main units could be moved into the house. They fit, but just barely. I measured the height but forgot to figure in the thickness of the cap piece, which added ¾” and was just enough to bend the curtain rod end a bit.
Numbers are important. The only time they lie is when you don’t calculate properly. Then it can become an embarrassment. Or a disaster, if you’re trying to calculate the numbers needed for proper re-entry into earth’s atmosphere.
Anyway, as long as I take this into consideration in future projects, I will benefit from the experience and hopefully avoid the same mistake.
Woodworking is an enjoyable pursuit, but it is an exacting pursuit- if you want to do it right. Small miscalculations can be covered by a piece of trim, or sanded into compliance, but the point is to refine the craft, to get better at it, to pay attention to details and minimize– maybe on occasion eradicate– the mistakes.
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