Yet another project

[Stefan-A]

On the other hand, depending on how you interpret it, that could also mean that I wasn't convinced myself, until I had tested it in real life. "Of course" might have been there because I should have been confident in my own skills.

[adamanteus]

Stefan I'm only teasing! Why wouldn't your measurements be correct?

[Stefan-A]

Stefan I'm only teasing! Why wouldn't your measurements be correct?

Come on, I know you are. That was just an attempt to mess with your head a little.

Yeah, why wouldn't they be?

[adamanteus]

So, if you're so sure of your measuring talents, how come you felt the need to test it before assembly?

[Stefan-A]

Because I like to fantasize about how cool my projects will be when they're finished. And to make sure that the ones who cut the pieces didn't mess up.

[adamanteus]

Ahh, of course. "They" could have messed up!
Looks like it's going to be a good one, by the way.

[Stefan-A]

It's always a risk. I ordered glass a few months back, the b******s got one side about 10mm wrong.

Too early to tell if it's going to be a good one, I can always mess it up.

Like I said, I have parts for two, but I'm going to assemble just one for now. The second one is going to be a bit different, with two swinging doors and the possibility to divide it. And it sure made a serious dent in my budget. I seriously underestimated the price of the cutting service. It would have been cheaper to buy the tools and cut the parts myself.

[adamanteus]

I know, it's those "hidden" costs that really start to mount up and push the price over budget. I always have ground-in finger grips in my sliding glass doors, and all the edges smoothed off. It triples the price.

[Stefan-A]

I always get the smooting off for free, since I'm such a loyal customer. The costs that surprised me were the price of the wood (nearly twice as high as I expected) and the
aluminium-rail-like-thingy-the-glass-panes-slide-in (my vocabulary desperately needs an expansion pack), which cost about half of what I had expected.

[Cazador]

Stefan,

Really great looking wood. I can already picture your snakes within, and it's going to look awesome! Hopefully the memory of the price tag will fade quickly .

Rick