I measured three times, still cut it wrong because the rule ignores that a crooked wall can throw everything off, so has anyone else have an old saying that fails when the real world isn't square?
She always said measure twice cut once, but I trusted my eye on those bay window curtains in Toledo. Turns out her saying was about fabric that stretches, and modern blackout lining doesnt forgive a crooked line. I hung them and the light leaks made the whole room look like a broken venetian blind. Anyone else find old craft sayings fall apart when the materials change?
I was trimming baseboard in a client's house near Austin when my tape said 72 inches, but the wall actually needed 72 and a quarter, so I cut it short and had to drive 20 minutes for another stick. What old saying has quietly let you down at the worst possible moment?
Okay so I was building a simple shelf for my bathroom, nothing fancy. I had this old measuring tape from my dad and I did the whole measure twice thing, checked it like three times actually. Cut the wood, went to fit it in the corner, and it was off by like half an inch. At 11 PM I just stared at the crooked board and realized why. My wall isn't straight. The floor isn't level. That saying assumes the world is square, which it absolutely is not. Has anyone else hit this where the old advice just assumes perfect conditions that don't exist in real homes?