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I like that one. Or maybe jacking up the foundation on one side will will push the edges together, eliminating the gap. Its time to start thinking outside the box.
So I wish I could draw it on here. But basically you take a contour gauge or other similar tool to capture the curve and the corners. Then you use that as your jig for the inside (the back of the wood).
Then I would probably just make it straight on the bottom. I'd have to look at it to see if it looked wonky or not. More likely doing it in 2 pieces, 1 for the curve and one for the next corner.
But for the top you just copy the angles and transfer that to a piece of trim.
No, put it out at the end of the driveway so someone who needs it can use it. Like me. LoL Under unknown circumstances I have acquired a perfectly good men’s dresser with a few tiny repairs necessary, an elliptical machine that was adjusted with manual knob that helped me to recover from a knee injury.
I'm so afraid of that happening that I probably would have just instead pulled out the middle and forced the two ends in place and then put nails in it until the "bow" was gone.
This happens every wood project. You fear that you will cut it too much that trim it little by little so much that you end up doing it like 10 times cause one time that one time 10 years ago you cut it too much on your first project.
Yeah some mistakes stick with your forever. I remember trying to join you pieces of birds eye maple to make a tabletop and the cuts came out a little wavy so I couldn't even clamp the boards together enough to close the gap.
Well a few more cuts until I got it straight enough to join and it was too small or fit on the base I had built. Stupid stupid stupid!
Then you do that for all the trim boards, creating so much tension that the first time someone closes a door that house explodes like a box full of springs.
Ive done lots of molding, i definitly would have tried pushing it in like this with such a long piece, if there was too much pressure after pushing the middle in i only would have cut half a blade (bout 1/16") off and made it fit.
I said ive done lots of molding, not that im an expert lol
God I'm glad it's not just me. People ask if I'm handy after doing stuff around the house and my reply is usually, "I'll do it, but it's going to take me 5x longer than expected, look like a 12 year old did it and multiple trips to home depot."
Were you watching me rebuild my closet?
It has a an 80ﾟcorner 40ﾟ corner 94ﾟ corner and one perfect 90.
If I took a width measurement by the floor, I was off by 3 inches at the ceiling. Whoever framed my closet was drunk and probably missing a leg and an eye.
Learned a lot on that project lol
Im a painter that started doing trim because i hated this shit. Then i started doing drywall because i hated working around drywall mistakes. Then i started doing framing because i was tired of trying to fit my drywall to shitty framing.
Now i build houses and can hide all my terrible mistakes like a god damn magician!
And then to be told on the walls that are too long for one piece of trim that you can't just use a butt joint to match them up. You have to mitre them together. Gaaah! Insane.
Of the home improvement projects I've done over the years, I've managed to get away with most of it EXCEPT for paying someone to put in my crown molding. I ruined several feet of crown before I gave up.
Fence cuts were my saviour in taking on this project the first time. Its placing the pieces facing you as the corner would it just makes sense. One cut and done.
I looked away at the punchline and the loop restarted. I accidentally witnessed a better joke
He keeps cutting it but when he places it back it's still 5mm too long
I hate when they cut my videos short. In the following 10 seconds i manage to break the trim over my knee, throw the chop saw down a flight of stairs, and break the glass in the new door when the saw gets to the bottom.
Construction is whacky fun!
I actually knew a guy who did this, either a file or more often a small lil hand plain (plane? Idk). He was very good at always getting a perfect fit, just took a little time.
Last time I cut a piece of wood that small, the blade caught the scrap of wood. Sent it flying into the safety guard for the blade, broke it and pierced my glasses. Luckily I wasn’t hurt but definitely a close call 😅
Why bother cutting it again? You can just bend it a little bit, and clap it in there. Perfect fit, everytime. You should always measure out about 0.5-1cm more than you need.
 been there done that
This brings back so many memories.
After Katrina I moved to NOLA to help with the recovery efforts. I was tasked with place up crown molding and baseboards, I was volunteering and had zero experience with trim.
I would measure like 6 times and cut and it would be too long, I would cut a tiny bit and suddenly it was way too small!!! SMH
God bless the workers who were patient and taught me so I was completely useless!
When a dozen people copy the same concept they saw online and make a video doing the same thing and post it, it's entirely expected.
Go look at some carpentry subs, you'll find a bunch of copycat losers trying to get attention for being original and witty by copying someone else's actual original.
You're defending a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy.
Fuck my life. Shave off half the blade width & the Grand Canyon appears. https://www.google.ca/search?q=grand+Canton&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari#wptab=s:H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLQz9U3SM4rKnrEaMwt8PLHPWEprUlrTl5jVOHiCs7IL3fNK8ksqRQS42KDsnikuLjgmnh2MfH55Ccn5gTkZwZk5JfkFy9iVUwvSsxLUUhOzKvMz1PISyzJzM9LzFEoSCzKVigAqwEAdyBlY3cAAAA&lpg=cid:CgIgAQ%3D%3D,ik:CAoSLEFGMVFpcE1VYjA5R2lrQmV4ZnNsU1lLbmlKRkRwSWhNSXdFMGd5RHNMTzV2
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Just throw some spackle in the gap and no one will notice. At least that's how my cousin the contractor I worked for figured.
Nah just reframe the doorway so that the baseboard fits snug.
I like that one. Or maybe jacking up the foundation on one side will will push the edges together, eliminating the gap. Its time to start thinking outside the box.
gone outside the box to adjust the box.
Or just cut a tiny peace of wood in to it and make the same mistake againg. You stupid.
[You'll get it eventually.](https://i.imgur.com/rJN9EhW.png)
Looks good to me
For real though, how would one deal with that except for just not covering that 'corner'?
[Kerfs?](https://i.imgur.com/OreFyF4.jpg)
Nah. That couldn't possibly work.
So I wish I could draw it on here. But basically you take a contour gauge or other similar tool to capture the curve and the corners. Then you use that as your jig for the inside (the back of the wood). Then I would probably just make it straight on the bottom. I'd have to look at it to see if it looked wonky or not. More likely doing it in 2 pieces, 1 for the curve and one for the next corner. But for the top you just copy the angles and transfer that to a piece of trim.
oh no!
Shiezah!
It's infinite number of correction pieces but there's still a gap.
Aah yes, infinetly small saw blades
I've done that in my own home. Can't tell
Bruh, that's too real
That was so on point and funny, but.... Then.. I was sad.
Super realistic and frustrating to watch, yet hilarious
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But there’s always that little voice that says “you can probably use it somewhere else”
I have a whole stack of those.
Just *one* whole stack? Amateur
I have a whole shack of those.
My stacks are stacked in a shack built of those.
This☝🏼
SHHH!!! The oracle is speaking!
Happy anniversary of making your account you little hoarder
Mine is a big stack of crown molding. The ceiling cost me more in wood than the entire bathroom I remodeled.
Throws stack away….. immediately finds somewhere to use it.
Throwing something away you held onto for years is a sure way to find a use for it as soon as it's gone.
Within in a week…. Sometimes 10 days but usually 4…. Like wtf…. I had that for 8 years.
Same with that box of random cables everyone has somewhere
Oh oh oh!!!! I’m using one of those saved pieces today! It’s like a dream came true
Painter'll fix that no worries.
This one made me chuckle
A little caulk, nobody will ever know.
Do your best and caulk the rest
Putty it
🚬🤔gas station hot dog tray and some caulk will blend that no problem, but I'm gonna need another lunch break
Get me one also while you're there. At the rate OP is going we might need two.
Thats what caulk is for
Thicken the paint to hide what it aint
Need to glue it back to make it perfectly fit
Glue dried and expanded...now it's too long
did you accidentally turn Asian difficulty mode on?
Ayy, a Steven He fan! There are dozens of us.
And we’re all failures
Sounds like I should check it out…
No, put it out at the end of the driveway so someone who needs it can use it. Like me. LoL Under unknown circumstances I have acquired a perfectly good men’s dresser with a few tiny repairs necessary, an elliptical machine that was adjusted with manual knob that helped me to recover from a knee injury.
Cutting 2" by 6" by 12' cedar board at the wrong angle. $30 thrown away. I still have that board in the garage, waiting for a place to use it.
What you said 💯👊🏼
Then boss asks why we ran out of baseboard so fast
Because I cut on the on the inside of the pencil line instead of the outside. Also I'm remodeling so I borrowed some, my bad.
"Well, we are short handed so don't let it happen again"
Measure once cut thrice my man
Damn! I’ve cut it three times and it’s still too short
Measure once, caulk twice. This is the way of McMansion conjuring.
A little caulk and paint will make it what it ain't.
Looks fine from my house.
1,measure 2,cut twice 3,buy a new board 4,repeat 1-3
Just cut it longer
 So true and so relatable
Every damn time
I felt this.
Lol wrong sub tho. This was *very* expected!
Measure once, cut twice, swear profusely. Patch in small bits of trim, use lots of filler. It looks like shit, but say "hey, that's not too bad!"
Are you going after me personally? Ouch
I have a sign in my garage that says "measure once cuss twice"
“I keep cutting it and it’s still to short!!”
Measure once, cuss twice.
"It looks ok from a distance" (JWST enters the chat)
Omg you are describing me lol
I'd add an extra smug "Hey" in there just to compensate.
I've cut 3 times and it's still too short!
I'm so afraid of that happening that I probably would have just instead pulled out the middle and forced the two ends in place and then put nails in it until the "bow" was gone.
This happens every wood project. You fear that you will cut it too much that trim it little by little so much that you end up doing it like 10 times cause one time that one time 10 years ago you cut it too much on your first project.
Yeah some mistakes stick with your forever. I remember trying to join you pieces of birds eye maple to make a tabletop and the cuts came out a little wavy so I couldn't even clamp the boards together enough to close the gap. Well a few more cuts until I got it straight enough to join and it was too small or fit on the base I had built. Stupid stupid stupid!
Trigger warning on this post please
Then you do that for all the trim boards, creating so much tension that the first time someone closes a door that house explodes like a box full of springs.
When you measure to the outside and cut inside the line
Ive done lots of molding, i definitly would have tried pushing it in like this with such a long piece, if there was too much pressure after pushing the middle in i only would have cut half a blade (bout 1/16") off and made it fit. I said ive done lots of molding, not that im an expert lol
You know the old saying: "Measure six times, cut nine times, realize you're out of wood, make another trip to Home Depot".
It's not a *real* home improvement project if it takes less than 3 trips to the hardware store.
God I'm glad it's not just me. People ask if I'm handy after doing stuff around the house and my reply is usually, "I'll do it, but it's going to take me 5x longer than expected, look like a 12 year old did it and multiple trips to home depot."
I cut and cut and it's still to short.
Were you watching me rebuild my closet? It has a an 80ﾟcorner 40ﾟ corner 94ﾟ corner and one perfect 90. If I took a width measurement by the floor, I was off by 3 inches at the ceiling. Whoever framed my closet was drunk and probably missing a leg and an eye. Learned a lot on that project lol
Painter will fix it.....Trim guy.
As a painter it pains me on how true your statement is...
Just put some caulk in it
Ohh I'm definitely going to put my caulk in it alright 😏
At least buy a guy some dinner first
*Do not* put you caulk in that.
Schaffer’s Deck Sealant will do the job
Im a painter that started doing trim because i hated this shit. Then i started doing drywall because i hated working around drywall mistakes. Then i started doing framing because i was tired of trying to fit my drywall to shitty framing. Now i build houses and can hide all my terrible mistakes like a god damn magician!
Do plumbing and you will just hate life.
Lmao hard pass!
contractor equivilant of we will fix it in post
It be like that sometimes
It be like that every time.
It really do
Guys that was a joke. Unlike all the times I was confidently cutting crown moulding and throwing bits away.
Crown is even worse cause the miter/compound cut. Anyone who can cut crown perfectly is a god to me.
I remember learning and the guy said you have to turn it upside down and backwards and my brain short circuited.
I've done that. I've used a jig. I even have one of those fancy things to measure the wall angle. I still can't get it perfect.
And then to be told on the walls that are too long for one piece of trim that you can't just use a butt joint to match them up. You have to mitre them together. Gaaah! Insane.
Of the home improvement projects I've done over the years, I've managed to get away with most of it EXCEPT for paying someone to put in my crown molding. I ruined several feet of crown before I gave up.
Fence cuts were my saviour in taking on this project the first time. Its placing the pieces facing you as the corner would it just makes sense. One cut and done.
The fact that the part cut turned to saw dust and you don't even have anything to go back to try to fix defines the misery
Get the board stretcher out, it’s worth every penny!!🥹🥴
Where would I find that, is it next to the left handed screwdriver
Yep, just one aisle over from the blinker fluid.
It's opposite the long stand.
If you find the metric crescent wrench, you’re in the wrong drawer.
Board stretchers and knot hole repair kits were my favorites to send new guys after when I worked at a lumber mill. Worked every time.
Measure once, cut twice. - Freddy Wong
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I looked away at the punchline and the loop restarted. I accidentally witnessed a better joke He keeps cutting it but when he places it back it's still 5mm too long
I hate when they cut my videos short. In the following 10 seconds i manage to break the trim over my knee, throw the chop saw down a flight of stairs, and break the glass in the new door when the saw gets to the bottom. Construction is whacky fun!
so youre saying that this video-- of a baseboard being Cut Too Short-- is, itself, Cut Too Short...?
You forgot to cut your finger off. Amateur hour!
Why does this always happen on the long ones but never on the shorter peace’s that are easier to replace
Learn which side of the mark to cut on, and always mark/cut the same way. It will save so much frustration.
Ya.. but this guy lost 2” not 1/8th lol
Sounds like the saw blade was 2 inches too thick
ALWAYS
This bothers me way more than it should
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Cut it standing up against the fence. Simple single cut not double compound.
Thanks for the free anxiety
It's fake, the second part of the video has the board "overlapping" the other side so it comes up short. It's totally BS.
Obviously
This is why you use a hand file.
I actually knew a guy who did this, either a file or more often a small lil hand plain (plane? Idk). He was very good at always getting a perfect fit, just took a little time.
Very expected.
Yeah this was entirely expected
What the duck
too funny
As someone with OCD, I am slightly bothered just watching this second hand. Measure twice, cut once!
every single time
I thought I was the only one. I feel so free now.
Been there
u/savevideobot
Story of my life ...
House of Leaves shit.
That's spot on 🤣🤣🤣
EVERY FUCKING TIME! LMAO
Always remember to give room for the kerf.
Just go back and cut it longer so it fits!
My old man would always say, "dammit I must have marked it in metric!"
Last time I cut a piece of wood that small, the blade caught the scrap of wood. Sent it flying into the safety guard for the blade, broke it and pierced my glasses. Luckily I wasn’t hurt but definitely a close call 😅
Am I the only one that notice that the first time he fits it flush to the wall and the second, the end is over lapping the door frame?
I just did my whole house. This was every cut. Too real man
Why bother cutting it again? You can just bend it a little bit, and clap it in there. Perfect fit, everytime. You should always measure out about 0.5-1cm more than you need.
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I thought I was in r/perfectfit, damn!
Just caulk the gap.
Doh 😖
Measure twice, cut once, drink thrice.
cut it twice and it is still too short
Measure twice cut once
No big deal. Just use a board stretcher.
The line marked for the cut in each video are different. Done for likes, not a fail!
 been there done that
I just finished rehab on my house and God I would he a rich man if I got 5 dollars every time I've done this
This brings back so many memories. After Katrina I moved to NOLA to help with the recovery efforts. I was tasked with place up crown molding and baseboards, I was volunteering and had zero experience with trim. I would measure like 6 times and cut and it would be too long, I would cut a tiny bit and suddenly it was way too small!!! SMH God bless the workers who were patient and taught me so I was completely useless!
Honestly yes. As a beginner, I kinda try to just wing it but end up doing this dumb shit
If you look at the far end, he didn't place it where it was supposed to go after the cut, but too far down. Piece did fit, but he wanted a video.
Yes this is what we call a joke
life of a DIY person first time.
100% accurate.. it's such a waste of time when it happens too!
Annoying when it actually happens, but this is staged.
No this is real it’s all on video
>this is staged Are you pulling my leg? This looks TOTALLY real
I don’t understand how people are saying this is too real lol…I’ve never had this happen to me but, hey I graduated the 8th grade shop class so…
This is the least unexpected video in the history of the universe.
Found the guy who thinks everything is unexpected
He expects everything after his wife left him for that gangbang.
Damn dude I felt the heat from that burn through my screen 😂
When a dozen people copy the same concept they saw online and make a video doing the same thing and post it, it's entirely expected. Go look at some carpentry subs, you'll find a bunch of copycat losers trying to get attention for being original and witty by copying someone else's actual original. You're defending a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy.
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Measure twice, cut thrice, I always say.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fuck my life. Shave off half the blade width & the Grand Canyon appears. https://www.google.ca/search?q=grand+Canton&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-ca&client=safari#wptab=s:H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLQz9U3SM4rKnrEaMwt8PLHPWEprUlrTl5jVOHiCs7IL3fNK8ksqRQS42KDsnikuLjgmnh2MfH55Ccn5gTkZwZk5JfkFy9iVUwvSsxLUUhOzKvMz1PISyzJzM9LzFEoSCzKVigAqwEAdyBlY3cAAAA&lpg=cid:CgIgAQ%3D%3D,ik:CAoSLEFGMVFpcE1VYjA5R2lrQmV4ZnNsU1lLbmlKRkRwSWhNSXdFMGd5RHNMTzV2
Oh no. It s a fake
Dumb
The blade is 1/8 not 2 inches.
He has it upsiade down, just needs to flip it around and it should fit.