Boy, did I screw up!!!!

[b.bodemer]

I think I'll post all my mistakes at the end of my build. But in the meantime I'm going with my new philosophy: If it looks good it is good.

Barb

[Ira]

You have to center it?

HAH!!!

[mwatters]

I spent the bulk of my summer working on converting the former living-room of our house into a bed room. Since our house was built around 1885 - that meant a lot of hacking through plaster walls, trying to install new doors and walls into walls that are only sorta flat and corners that are only sorta square...

I don't sweat 1" worth of error...

[Mightydog]

Experience is the practical application of one's own mistakes.


You now have a little more experience than you did before.

[kayakrguy]

ummm...in cases like this, where a shim will not work, I invoke rule2: make the light and anything else off center too...conistent mistakes look like you know what you are doing <g>

Jim

[Joamon]

I'm not sure if my rule will apply here.
( Caulk it) so I'll go with my dads saying.
A blind man on a golloping horse will never see it.

[Micro469]

Reading through the posts, I've come to realize that I'm not the only one who has goofed one way or another....... I notice Madjack didn't reply....Is He God????

[WarPony]

Heh, heh!! John, this has been a good laugh for me with all the replys to your post. I have some boo boos in my build so I don't feel so bad now .

Just tell everybody it's "Canadian Rules" teardrop building !! Keep on goin', bud!! Just remember, it's a camper not a car show!!

[madjack]

Reading through the posts, I've come to realize that I'm not the only one who has goofed one way or another....... I notice Madjack didn't reply....Is He God????

...dryfitdryfitdryfitdryfitdryfit...measure many times before commiting to the cut and it helps if you have a partner to keep an eye on each others work...other than that, I ain't admitting nothing and I betcha can't find it......god????
madjack

[bledsoe3]

Reading through the posts, I've come to realize that I'm not the only one who has goofed one way or another....... I notice Madjack didn't reply....Is He God????

OK Ira, Now you have proof there is a God.
















We're all in trouble.

[madjack]

Reading through the posts, I've come to realize that I'm not the only one who has goofed one way or another....... I notice Madjack didn't reply....Is He God????

OK Ira, Now you have proof there is a God.
















We're all in trouble.

...boyhowdyshoot...ain't that the gods honest truth ...but I can't be god(except in my own mind)...Imma guy
madjack

[angib]

A blind man on a golloping horse will never see it.

In the shipyards here, the saying is:

"Near enough for pit work."

Though quite why coal miners would have such a low standard of accuracy, I don't know.

Andrew

[Arne]

I once mounted a trailer hitch on my old minivan, using channels in the bottom of the floor as my guide... turns out they were not symetrical.... the trailer hitch (home made) was 3 inches off center...

It was 3" off center when I gave the van to my brother 4 years later. AFter a couple of weeks, it all becomes history......

In reality, there is no reason why a fan has to be in the center.....

[sweetnotes]

As a wise woodworker once told me..."A man running for his life won't notice." If it works it is good enough.

Lynn

[Arne]

When I mess up, unless it is critical, I follow Shirley's advice. Wait one week and see if it still matters..... So many things don't.