On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org> wrote:
> On Aug 13, 2010, at 11:47 PM, Jim Franklin wrote:
>
>> Having a disagreement with someone and thought I'd solicit opinions.
>>
>
> Thanks for all your answers. The client is an ex with otherworldly tastes
and
> methodologies. I built a cabinet to stand the ravages of time, children and
> Romans. Painstakingly true to the 1/32nd". And the first thing she says
after
> sliding it into the nook, "Why are there gaps? I wanted a built-in." B It
never
> occurred to me that anyone would build a non-square cabinet. Shelves
wouldn't
> adjust, things would slide down the gaps behind them, etc. This is why they
> invented trim molding and caulk.
>
And scribing and jig saws.
> This is an 85 year old New England house with plaster walls. Nothing is
> square, there are no studs where there should be, etc. (There are *loose
> bricks* in the walls. Early 1900s sound damping?)
Filling the gaps between studs? It's fireproofing.
--
David Scheidt
dmscheidt@gmail.com
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