Older builders knew why you dry fit before gluing

I watched a new guy on site last week glue up a whole cabinet frame without checking the fit first. Three panels were off by a quarter inch and he had to start over. Has anyone else noticed this shortcut getting more common?

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ninam861mo ago

Same here, I learned that lesson the hard way when my first bookshelf ended up looking like a funhouse mirror. Now I dry fit everything twice just to be safe.

quinn_kim451mo ago

Honestly I just eyeball it and hope for the best, my bookshelf right now is basically a tilt-a-whirl with extra steps. If I measured twice and cut once I'd probably still end up with a 45 degree angle somehow. Maybe some of us are just cursed to live in crooked furniture town forever.

the_lee1d ago

Honestly, "crooked furniture town" is gonna be my new neighborhood name too. Ngl, I've accepted that every shelf I build will have at least a tiny slope to remind me who's in charge.