My father in law ripped me for cutting trim with a miter saw

He watched me set up my miter saw to cut some baseboard and just laughed. Said I was wasting time and told me to use a coping saw for inside corners instead. After fighting with it for 3 hours and watching him nail a perfect joint in 10 minutes at his place in Phoenix, I finally learned how to cope properly. Anyone else get humbled by an old timer on something you thought you already knew?

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avery_stone9514d ago

That old school wisdom hits different once you've been burned by it a few times. The bigger pattern here is that most trades and skills have that one shortcut that looks stupid until you see it work. Coping is like learning to drive stick - feels pointless and slow until you actually get it and realize how much control you have. Your father in law probably learned that trick from someone who learned it from someone else, passed down because it actually works better than the fast way. Every time I get humbled by an old timer it reminds me that the stuff that looks like wasted effort is usually the stuff that saves you time in the long run.

martinez.karen14d ago

Didn't that happen to my buddy Mark when he tried to paint his house the 'fast way' with a sprayer instead of a brush? @avery_stone95, he spent three weekends fixing drips and overspray before his grandpa showed up and did it by hand in one afternoon, no touch-ups needed.