Old client's call saved my week after a rough install

I was finishing a pantry cabinet job in Austin last Friday, and I screwed up the hinge placement on two doors. I was ready to eat the cost of new ones. Then a client from 3 years ago called me out of the blue, asking if I still do drawer repair. We got to talking, and he told me about how he always marks his hinge holes with a center punch before drilling, even for soft close. I tried that trick on the next pair, took me 10 minutes to fix both doors. Has anyone else had a random tip from an old customer actually save their day or is it just me?

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jana11928d ago

That center punch trick is such a small thing but it really does change everything. I had an old timer show me that years ago on a cabinet job and I never went back to just eyeballing it. The punch gives the bit a little seat so it doesnt walk on you, especially on the soft close stuff where the plate has to sit just right. Funny how the best tips come from random calls and not from any class you pay for.

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mila_flores828d ago

Oh man, this takes me back! My buddy was doing a kitchen redo last summer and kept messing up his hinge plates, bit sliding all over the place on him. His neighbor came over, tapped each spot with a punch first, and my friend said it was like night and day, holes landed exactly where he marked them. Blew his mind that nobody ever mentioned it in the shop class he took.

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