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Old finish carpenter's note about my miters still bugs me
Guy named Dale who did high end trim in Austin for 30 years watched me cut crown on a job last spring and just said 'your saw is square but your eyes are not.' Took me a month to figure out he meant I was trusting the digital angle finder instead of checking the joint dry fit. Now I pull out my 7 inch combo square and hold it up to every inside corner before I nail, even if the number reads perfect. Has anyone else had an old timer point out something that simple that totally rewired their process?
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jade321mo ago
That dry fit check is everything, and it goes past just seeing if the joint closes up. Wood moves depending on the season and how long it sat in the truck, so a corner that reads dead nuts at 7am can open up by the afternoon when the sun hits it. I keep a scrap of the same stock and cut test miters with it before I touch the good trim, then set those pieces in the corner and look for light. If you can see daylight through the joint, your number lied to you no matter what the finder says.
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