Chris McDowell
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I try not to take myself too seriously. And I can't stand those that do or those that never make a mistake. Me I make them everyday. I try to stay pretty humble and down to earth, which came in handy today.
Delivered a new set of cabinets to the customer and started installing. Now I just bought a new cabjack from shopcarts usa and was really looking forward to trying it out. I start installing and everyone stops to come check out the new tool. It's working great and I fly through all the uppers but the last one.
I hang it on the wall and step back. Now this cabinet is on the left of the window. I notice there is a 3 1/2" gap between the cabinet and the window casing. On the right of the window there is a 1\4" gap like was specified. Needless to say everyone stopped again when they saw me just staring. The contractor asked how I could miss that much making the cabinet. I looked back at the sheet and layout and behold. I misread my intial notes, typed the wrong number in on the 3D layout and never caught it. I told everyone I was wanting some more shop cabinets and now I had a nice one to show any potential customers.
Everyone was relieved I wasn't angry. What good would it do? I screwed up and I'll make it right. But it did lead to an hours worth of what's your worst screw up stories, which was pretty cool.
What's the point of the little story? We all make mistakes, just accept it , correct it , learn from it, and above all don't take it too seriously. Life is too short.
Happy woodworking,
Chris
Delivered a new set of cabinets to the customer and started installing. Now I just bought a new cabjack from shopcarts usa and was really looking forward to trying it out. I start installing and everyone stops to come check out the new tool. It's working great and I fly through all the uppers but the last one.
I hang it on the wall and step back. Now this cabinet is on the left of the window. I notice there is a 3 1/2" gap between the cabinet and the window casing. On the right of the window there is a 1\4" gap like was specified. Needless to say everyone stopped again when they saw me just staring. The contractor asked how I could miss that much making the cabinet. I looked back at the sheet and layout and behold. I misread my intial notes, typed the wrong number in on the 3D layout and never caught it. I told everyone I was wanting some more shop cabinets and now I had a nice one to show any potential customers.
Everyone was relieved I wasn't angry. What good would it do? I screwed up and I'll make it right. But it did lead to an hours worth of what's your worst screw up stories, which was pretty cool.
What's the point of the little story? We all make mistakes, just accept it , correct it , learn from it, and above all don't take it too seriously. Life is too short.
Happy woodworking,
Chris