Rant: I cut a bunch of 22.5 degree angles for a weird bay window and nothing lined up

I was framing a custom bay window in a house in Tacoma, and the plans called for a 22.5 degree cut on all the jack studs. I cut a whole set, maybe 12 pieces, on my miter saw and nothing fit right, gaps everywhere. Turns out the wall itself was out of plumb by almost a full inch, so the angle was wrong from the start. How do you guys handle framing when the existing structure is that far off?

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scott.charlie7d ago

Been there. I ended up using a sliding bevel to copy the actual angle from the wall itself, then set my saw to that. Had to cut each jack stud individually instead of batching them, but it closed the gaps. Do you still have room to shim or re-cut?

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emma_mitchell7d ago

Notice how often the right tool is just a way to copy reality instead of guessing. Scott's sliding bevel just took the wall's actual wonky angle and made the saw match it. Feels like half of fixing things is just admitting the plan was wrong and copying what's already there.