That whisper from the old timer on pattern matching

I was helping a guy lay a herringbone pattern last Tuesday and he muttered 'match the grain, not the tape line'. It clicked for me after three tries why my seams kept showing on the customer's oak floor. Has anyone else had a quiet tip like that change how you work?

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emeryfox4d ago

Oh man, that's a good one! I finally stopped fighting my miters when a buddy told me "cut long, fit short" - saved me so much wasted oak.

calebm463d ago

Cut long, fit short" - that's how I finally got my miters to stop grinning too.