Shoutout to the old guy in Abilene who showed me the masking tape shim trick for uneven cabinet doors

Miles Perez · 2026-10-25T11:45:05.432467+00:00

I was fighting a 1/8 inch sag on a set of birch uppers for two days until he said just stack tape behind the hinge until it closes even, then pull it out and measure that stack so you know exactly what size shim to cut.

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