He watched me try and make a behind the scene bit of wood perfect and he said, “we’re building a HOUSE, Clay, not a Swiss watch!”
Counterpoint. I used to work as a carpenter and I always hated it when someone invariably said, "it's just a closet." or "it's just a garage."
Jackdaw, your brother is right, but there is a line that goes the other way.
I hired a couple of carpenters to help me rebuild my own bathroom. I designed and built the case pieces with the intention of installing them a certain way. When the carpenter helped me fit one piece in just to see if it would fit, it was perfect and it leveled precisely so he wanted to just screw it in and be done. The only problem was, I designed it to sit on a seperate kick plate and frame, which we hadn't put in first. So I said no. He wanted to put the plate in later because it still needed the tile face applied. The cabinet face hung over the box so the kick base was too big to fit under the front edge after the install. His answer was to cut the kick base down so it would just slide under. I said no. He thought it would be more work to take the box back out just to get the base in. I felt cutting the base down was more work. I also didn't want the gap between box and base. I purposely designed it to avoid that gap. I also hasn't meant for it to be a wall mounted box. It was plenty strong enough, but I would have added supporting back rails.
He got really ticked-off when I refused.
He declared sarcastically, "It's not like I know how to install a cabinet."
We never got along after that.
- Will (Dragonfly)
