Measure Once - Cut 5 or 6 Times
29 Feb 2004 in Architecture, Designing for Wear, Productivity by GarrickAs I mentioned in an earlier post, we spent the weekend redoing our bathroom & entryway. The biggest a-ha I can offer you:
Iterate For a Snug Fit.
For each piece of sub-flooring, each tile, and the new mopboard - we would:
- Make the measurement
- Cut off a hair little less than we measured
- Massage the piece in place
- Mark where it didn’t fit, and take off a little more
- Repeat as necessary
This gave us a much closer fit everywhere - and taught us more about the house than measuring and cutting exactly. Which wouldn’t have worked perfectly anyway because, as my father-in-law says, “The blade has width.”
For more on iterative prototyping check out Michael Schrage’s book Serious Play.
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