The shop dummy strikes again...

C'est la vie

Tomorrow is another day.

I made that very same mistake on one of my first projects years ago, albeit with a router, not a table saw. Mine was for a shelf to be let into dadoes on either side of a bookcase. After thinking about it a while, I cut a little off the top of one upright and off the bottom of the other, reducing the bookcase height somewhat but allowing the shelf to be installed level and square. It's one of those mistakes you are likely to never repeat.

;~) And to add insult to injury it looks like there was tear out too! Hope you have an extra piece.

He hides in my shop just waiting for an opportunity to pounce...

No problem, I got the mate to that around here... somewhere.

That's what you get for being displaced for so long. To prevent that, Boudreau says, when you cut you leff hand, on the board, you aim wit you right eye and when you cut you right hand, on the board, you aim wit you leff eye.

Sonny

Swingman wrote in news:1519609093396307715.004212kac- nospam.com@216.196.97.131:

I've never EVER done anything like that...

Assymmetry can be lovely :)

Well, at least you can laugh at yourself for doing it. (How long did you curse and swear before deciding to post it here?)

What? You weren't intending to build a ship lapped cabinet? :)

Think of it as inspiration. Part of a "stairstep" bookcase, perhaps?

That is gonna require some design changes......

Reminds me of when I was competing in Model Airplane gliders. We had a listserve. One guy made two left wings. He was so pissed off, so he went to create the missing right wing and made another left by mistake...

To me it was funny has hell. To him, I am sure it wasn't, I am sure it was frustrating.

Did it fly? Curious minds want to know! :-)

I've made so many errors (in drywall) alternating from the use of the inside and outside of my carpenters square that this barely makes me raise an eyebrow. I've also seen myself cut out the electrical box on the "wrong side". %-)

I learned I should buy an extra piece or two of drywall so one doesn't have to go back for more as soon! YMMV.

Second coat of paint went on the ceiling today! : ) I will try for a second coat on the walls tomorrow.

Bill

I wish I could say I've never done that. LOL

Mike M

I have a present speech for these events that begins with: "How the $#$% did I do that?" I'm considering have that engraved on my tombstone.

Larry (S*it happens ... most days)

me neither