Comment by esikich
21 hours ago
My grandpa used to say "we're not building a piano" when doing things like building a quick shelf or something in the basement and be done after a quick measure and a few cuts. My other grandpa would spend an entire day measuring, sanding, pulling out a router etc. Both valid, but if you just need something to put some paint cans on, it doesn't require a day of work.
hahah I picked that up from a youtube woodworker when I was a CALENDAR YEAR into building my son's toy chest. A lot of measurements I had sweated over didn't matter; they are inside of the channels on shaker panels. A bunch of things I didn't sweat are apparent; not ever pencil mark got sanded off before I oiled it and I didn't notice.