me: do NOT measure. Measuring is easy to screw up. I want you to physically take the gate and put it in position, then set the posts to either side. Got it? farmhands: yes <later> FHs: how's this look? me: which gate goes here? FHs: I'm not sure. me: <concern INTENSIFIES>
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3/ FH: here's the other one. How does it look? me: which gate goes here? FH: what? me: WHICH GATE goes here? FH: oh, we just measured the other gate from last year me: ok, of the gates on hand, WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT to go here? FH: ...uh... this one? me: it's 4' short
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4/ let's flash back to the start of the story: me: do NOT measure. Measuring is easy to screw up. I want you to physically take the gate and put it in position then set the posts to either side. Got it? I wonder why I said that. What POSSIBLE failure mode did I have in mind?
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While building the jury boxes, I used a digital protractor to measure the ACTUAL angle of the mitres rather than assuming I had perfect 45° cuts (Narrator: He didn't) Same thing for the lengths. Put the wood against the frame, marked with a pencil, made the cut. Perfect fit.
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