Noticed my miter saw station was off by 1/16th after 2 years

I was building a set of cabinet doors last week for a kitchen in Portland and kept having to shim my joints. After the third door didn't close right, I finally checked my saw station with a square. Turns out the whole platform had settled 1/16th of an inch on the left side over the last 2 years. I bolted some leveling feet under it and now my cuts are dead on again. Has anyone else had their workbench or stand shift over time like that?

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phoenix8459d ago

My dad's old workbench in the garage has been leaning for years, I just put a shim under one leg and call it character. 1/16th off sounds like a bad day, glad you caught it before those cabinets went in.

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oscarwilliams8d ago

Notice how we'll shim a workbench for years but won't forgive a cabinet being a hair off, funny how different standards stick for different things.