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Favorite Comment: Fixer Shushnik says, “Jeez, have some standards. Turn the screws until they’re vertical.”
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It’s like a lightbulb went on in his head…
which came first – the rail or the light switch cover?
The switch had to come first.
Hey, good coping saw work can be hard to come by!
Kudos for cutting the switch plate so nicely.
Thaqt’s some awesome scroll-saw work there. I give it two light bulbs up.
It should be “Jigsaw Puzzle Fan Brings Hobby to Light”.
Good call. I thought the same.
My name is Inigo Montoya. You’re too close to my wood frame. Prepare to die.
I award 15 points for the craftsmanship on cutting the light switch but deduct 20 points for having two pieces of wood paneling that don’t line up and requiring trim to “pretty up” the bottom edge of the top piece. I also deduct 50 points for having wood paneling. This must be the light switch for the kitchen (posted a few days ago) with the backsplash cutout above the sink to make room for the window crank.
I deducted 15 points for the large gap between the switch plate and the trim strip. If you’re going to cut it in the same pattern, do it right. Or at least do something to cover up the gap.
Looks like a switch that will move the closet to the left and make way for a secret passage to a Batcave for instance.
Would you believe me if I told you it was the entrance to the cave of the lesser known but equally dangerous Huntsman Man?
A true craftsman would have replaced the outlet cover by extending the moulding around the perimeter of the switch like a frame.
Nom nom nom nom nom!
This turns me off
This is my parents’ house. Inigo’s my spouse. The pic is of a switch for the fireplace fan. The wood you see there is part of the fireplace mantel (a 2-story mantle, btw). It’s not that the wood doesn’t match up. At that angle, you can’t tell that the higher pieces are actually built out by design (again, it’s a fireplace mantle). Why didn’t they just didn’t move the switch down? “Because that’s the proper height for a switch.” Why didn’t they just move it over? “Because it would hit a stud.”
It’s actually a really pretty fireplace, as well as an incredible home. Dad’s an architect and mom’s a builder.
so why didn’t they just cut the molding an 1/8 inch shorter and have it butt against a non cut switch plate?
He’s a Jigsaw wizard
There’s got to be a twist
A Jigsaw wizard
He’s got such a supple wrist
How do you think he does it?
(I don’t know)
What makes him so good?
Jeez, have some standards. Turn the screws until they’re vertical.
Actually, they’re angled just-so, in order to draw the eye to where the trim piece meets the customized switchplate: Ta-da! Nit-picky home stagers…
(Thank God I’m not alone. Welcome, fellow OCD’er)
who would want standardized screws? it more shows this person is creative like the jig saw plate this person has than shows not having any “standards”
For electrical safety, the switchplate should have been intact and the wooden rail should have been what was cut. Wood is flammable and should not enter a switch box.
Yes, wood is flammable, but there are also many code-approved wood faceplates for outlets and switches. Wood in contact doesn’t mean there is a safety risk.
What kind is that?
Personally, I think they should switch out that paneling.
yeah….it just doesn’t ‘click’….
I’m not sure what you mean. Unless it’s another picture of this switchplate, once the switch is turned ON…
I probably would have moved the whole switch over about 2 inches. Oh well, it’s still a pretty good job considering
I would have, too. I asked dad why he didn’t, and it was because there was a stud wall there, so he couldn’t. It’s a bit into a corner, and there really wasn’t any where else it could go, except down (which is what I thought he should have done).
Gettin’ jiggy with it!
Ya know … I had to move a couple switches to make room for new woodwork. Moving the switch probably takes no longer than the time required to scribe the chair rail pattern on the switch plate and notch it carefully with the coping saw.