[Shop-talk] Construction opinion poll

[Steve Shipley]

At 11:47 PM 8/13/2010 -0400, Jim Franklin wrote:
>Having a disagreement with someone and thought I'd solicit opinions.
>
>If you were asked to create a built-in storage cabinet in a floor-to-ceiling
>nook, and you knew the nook wasn't square, would you build a square cabinet
>and shim it level and use molding to cover the gaps,

This is the right way, but costs more...

>or literally build it in
>place, knowing the uprights wouldn't be parallel and the shelves (held in
>place with columns of holes and shelf pins) probably not level, but there
>would be no gaps?

This is quick and dirty.  If you're limited by time and budget (or don't
really care) , this make perfect sense.

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