2 days to fix a cabinet door that was off by 3mm

Installed a new set of shaker doors for a kitchen in Austin last month. Everything looked perfect until I closed the last door and it rubbed against the frame on the bottom corner. Just 3mm off, not even a pencil width. Spent 2 full days adjusting hinges, planing the door edge, redoing the hinge mortises. Finally figured out the cabinet box itself was racked, the top was 3mm wider than the bottom. Never checked that first. Has anyone else chased a tiny gap for hours only to find the box was the problem?

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amyh121mo ago

Spent two full days on that before checking the box? Man, that would've made me flip the whole cabinet over.

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evan_davis1mo ago

@amyh12 honestly they got lucky it was only 2 days. Racked box is the sneakiest thing in cabinet land.

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