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and rabbeted the hinges on the wrong edge of the door
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Been there, done that. Bummer!!!!
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(03-24-2020, 04:53 PM)Wild Turkey Wrote: and rabbeted the hinges on the wrong edge of the door
Can you trim off the top and glue a piece in??
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Been there and done that myself. I made stiles for two doors and proceeded to drill cup holes in all of them
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(03-24-2020, 04:53 PM)Wild Turkey Wrote: and rabbeted the hinges on the wrong edge of the door
I was doing millwork and hanging doors on a commercial job. Doors were 3-0 x 7-0 x 2-1/4" thick cherry. I had a pair of doors that had flush bolts in the inactive door. After routing out the door for flush bolts and installing them .I hung the doors. I got sick realizing I had the flush bolts installed a--backwards. The bottom bolt was 12" off the floor and should have been 18" to the center. Top bolt was 18" to the center and should have been 12". I took off my overalls, packed up my tool box and told my boss I quit. He wanted to know why and I showed him the mistake. He laughed, then told me to get back to work because him and I were the only ones that knew.
He said if I did not point out the mistake he wouldn't know either.
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To the greatest extent possible I transfer dimensions directly to the mating pieces. Or I use a story stick.
For a door I would put it in place and then make a mark where the hinges would go.
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The mistake was made because you broke the cardinal rule of....... measuring twice only!
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Routed edge smooth, cut other side correctly now will make spacer strip behind hinges
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