The shop dummy strikes again...

Just one question Karl. Were you coming or going when you made that piece? LOL

I have never made that particular mistake. But........., I have been known to make a few other types of mistakes. I remember one particular project that I bought just enough wood for the item. And I screwed up and had to go buy another piece. Which was repeated again and again. I ended up screwing up the piece five times in a row. I finally got it right. I don't know what was going on with me at the time. Al I know I was incredibly relieved when it was all done and finished.

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Lee Michaels
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I once had to cut an odd shaped piece to fit into some formica countertop w ith a rounded edge to go over a lazy susan thing in the corner. I cut out the shape I'd need in the countertop, then carefully made a pattern so that I could cut out a piece to fit in. After considerable time and effort, I found out I'd laid my pattern upside down and cut a mirror image. It fit p erfectly upside down...

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martyahrens

Mirror images, BTDT, more than a few times ... example is this odd couple "marriage", the result of the pictured angled cabinet, originally designed to transition from a 24" wide cabinet run to a 12" cabinet run, which, due to a "duh" when the floor plan of the house being built was flipped after the kitchen was designed, was naturally the opposite/mirror image of what was required; and a transitioned to 12" wide cabinet from another kitchen, which turned out to be too long for the space because the framers moved the kitchen sink window 3" in the wrong direction due to an over sized RO, something the shop dummy failed to verify before the siding went on and building cabinets:

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He has actually been known to do that more than once, but finally learned to destroy the evidence, instead of enshrine it.

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Swingman

Was once building a roll front night stand, took two tries to get the groove on the right hand panel on the inside.

Looking back it seems almost impossible to make that same mistake twice, but it happens.

Fortunately, the customer decided she wanted two of these stands and ended up only wasting one panel.

I must have been confused, being unable to figure out why anyone would want a roll front night stand. Looked like a bad idea at the time and ever since.

basilisk

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basilisk

OK, hope this makes you feel better, ;~)

On Monday I pulled out the Rotex to sand the "fresh out of the clamps" face frames. I sanded an entire side of a face frame and was not really pleased at the results. I thought that the paper was getting old so I checked. NO SAND PAPER AT ALL on the sander.

It is a bitch when you don't get dust when sanding! :~)

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Leon

The curse of Festool ...

LOL ... it would have made the shop dummy feel better, if he hadn't done that himself.

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Swingman

"Leon" wrote

Think of all the money you will save on sandpaper! LOL

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Lee Michaels

That would be a good book title.

Too bad it's trademarked.

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phorbin

On Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:33:31 -0500, Leon

Had something comparable awhile ago with an electric drill. I was drilling a hole in the underside of my desk to run some wire. I couldn't get under that to actually see it so I was drilling blind.

Spent a good thirty minutes trying to drill a hole in 3/4" thick material. Finally gave up, went to the store and bought another drill bit, assuming the original one was completely dull. Spent fifteen minutes trying to drill with that. Finally gave up cursing and swearing.

Pulled the drill out and realize what I was doing wrong. THE DAMNED DRILL WAS SET TO REVERSE.

Spent another ten minutes cursing and swearing some more!

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