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Shoutout to the simple pencil gauge for drawer fronts
I keep seeing folks at the shop try to space drawer fronts with their eyes or a tape measure, and it always leads to tiny gaps that are off. I was guilty of it too until my old boss in Tacoma showed me a trick. He made a simple gauge from a scrap of wood and a sharp pencil. You set it to the exact gap you want, say an eighth of an inch, and run it along the cabinet frame. It scribes a perfect line for where the drawer front should sit. I've used it on my last five jobs and the alignment is spot on every time. It saves so much time fiddling and fixing. Has anyone else got a simple jig that changed their routine?
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brooke_taylor24d ago
Two pennies? That actually works?
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angela_patel7524d ago
My uncle in Spokane showed me a similar trick for marking tile lines on a floor. He used two pennies and a stub of carpenter's pencil taped to a block. Honestly, it seemed too simple to work, but it gave a perfectly straight guide every single time. I still use a version of it now for any kind of spacing work. Tbh, those little homemade tools are often better than the fancy stuff you can buy.
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