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ArtMAME:

I have a buddy that comes over and helps me work on cabinets.  We are exact polar opposites of each other when it comes to craftsmanship, precision, technique, finish, etc.... Me being the ANAL one... ;D ...

I have had to learn to just let it go... let him work on simple tasks, even if they won't be up to my standards... While he is doing simple, tedious tasks, I could be working on something else that requires higher level of skill and precision...

So in the end we get a lot more work done in the limited time we have together...

Now these cabinets we are working on... they are going to other people... even so, I want each one to be perfect, but that would take too much time, and we have so many other projects in the queue. 

Now... if I am working on one of MY own personal projects that will end up in MY collection... I won't let him near it...   I will take my sweet time with it and get it perfect... ;D


scotthh:

If it's going to eat at your insides every single f'ing time you look at the cabinet, you gotta fix it, even if it's only 1/16".  Perhaps you can trim it with a router? I was building a return for some crown molding and couldn't get it right on the miter saw. I wound up clamping it down and removing a small amount of material with a flush trim bit. There are parts of my woodworking that make me cringe every time I look at it. And then there are the parts that give me...well, wood....

bigdog1977:


--- Quote from: scotthh on August 30, 2008, 01:04:54 am ---There are parts of my woodworking that make me cringe every time I look at it. And then there are the parts that give me...well, wood....

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Your a dirty Birdy!!  :angel:

solderguy1:

IMHO, imperfections are what gives things character and make them special.
Crack in the Liberty Bell
Venus de Milo without arms
Nose missing off the Sphinx

It's fun to make your own mistakes. 

ratzz:

Yep, I'm exactly the same! It takes three weeks of planning to put up a shelf in my home!

Maybe years of playing arcade games has given us OCD!

The stuff that is mostly produced on this site is pretty special though, and the restore guys certainly expect (and get) perfection.

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