Sk

Swingman

23/07/2013 4:29 PM

The shop dummy strikes again...

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg

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This topic has 31 replies

Sk

Swingman

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

01/08/2013 8:07 AM

<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:29:30 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
>> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> www.ewoodshop.com
>
> I once had to cut an odd shaped piece to fit into some formica countertop
> with 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 perfectly upside down...

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:

https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopAMarriageOfConvenience20052011

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

--
www.ewoodshop.com (Mobile)

GS

Gordon Shumway

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

23/07/2013 8:34 PM

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:29:30 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:

>http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg

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

n

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

01/08/2013 9:29 PM

On Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:33:31 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
>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! :~)

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!

Sc

Sonny

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

23/07/2013 7:09 PM

On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:29:30 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg -- www.ewoodshop.com

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

m

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

31/07/2013 6:15 PM

On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:29:30 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6F=
mIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>=20
>=20
>=20
> --=20
>=20
> www.ewoodshop.com

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...

n

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 5:45 AM

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:29:30 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg

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

n

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 5:39 AM

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:29:30 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg

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

Gs

"Gramp's shop"

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

25/07/2013 7:42 AM

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 12:26:06 AM UTC-5, Mike M wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:29:30 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> >http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>
>
>
> 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
(Shit happens ... most days)

DW

Doug Winterburn

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

23/07/2013 6:22 PM

On 07/23/2013 02:29 PM, Swingman wrote:
> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>

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

LM

"Lee Michaels"

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

27/07/2013 1:20 AM



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.


LM

"Lee Michaels"

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

01/08/2013 1:56 PM



"Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet> wrote
>
> 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.
>
Think of all the money you will save on sandpaper! LOL

pp

phorbin

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

01/08/2013 3:03 PM

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...


> The curse of Festool ...

That would be a good book title.

Too bad it's trademarked.

wn

woodchucker

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 4:29 PM

On 7/23/2013 5:29 PM, Swingman wrote:
> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>

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.
--
Jeff

Ll

Leon

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

23/07/2013 5:14 PM

On 7/23/2013 4:29 PM, Swingman wrote:
> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>

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

DM

Doug Miller

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 2:14 AM

Swingman <[email protected]> wrote in news:1519609093396307715.004212kac-
[email protected]:

> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-
Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>

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

Sk

Swingman

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

01/08/2013 11:39 AM

On 8/1/2013 11:33 AM, Leon wrote:
> On 8/1/2013 8:07 AM, Swingman wrote:
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:29:30 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
>>>> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> www.ewoodshop.com
>>>
>>> I once had to cut an odd shaped piece to fit into some formica
>>> countertop
>>> with 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 perfectly upside down...
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopAMarriageOfConvenience20052011
>>
>>
>> He has actually been known to do that more than once, but finally learned
>> to destroy the evidence, instead of enshrine it.
>>
>
> 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! :~)

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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Wood Shop: www.e-WoodShop.net
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Wc

"WW"

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

23/07/2013 7:13 PM



"Swingman" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg

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Still use it for a smaller project. Not wasted. WW

jj

jo4hn

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 6:28 AM

Good.

jj

jo4hn

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 6:29 AM

To the previous message, append the word "God".

bb

basilisk

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

01/08/2013 9:32 AM

On Thu, 01 Aug 2013 08:07:25 -0500, Swingman wrote:

> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:29:30 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
>>> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> www.ewoodshop.com
>>
>> I once had to cut an odd shaped piece to fit into some formica countertop
>> with 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 perfectly upside down...
>
> 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:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopAMarriageOfConvenience20052011
>
> He has actually been known to do that more than once, but finally learned
> to destroy the evidence, instead of enshrine it.

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

KN

Keith Nuttle

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

23/07/2013 5:32 PM

On 7/23/2013 5:29 PM, Swingman wrote:
> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>

C'est la vie

Tomorrow is another day.

lL

[email protected] (Larry W)

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

23/07/2013 9:52 PM

In article <[email protected]>,
Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>
>--
>www.ewoodshop.com

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.




--
There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat,
plausible, and wrong." (H L Mencken)

Larry W. - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org

dd

"dadiOH"

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 4:35 AM

"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg

Assymmetry can be lovely :)

--

dadiOH
____________________________

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Taxes out of hand? Maybe just ready for a change?
Check it out... http://www.floridaloghouse.net

GG

Greg Guarino

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 10:13 AM

On 7/23/2013 5:29 PM, Swingman wrote:
> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>
Think of it as inspiration. Part of a "stairstep" bookcase, perhaps?

PB

Pat Barber

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 10:13 AM

On 7/23/2013 2:29 PM, Swingman wrote:
> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>

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


ww

willshak

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 5:39 PM

woodchucker wrote:
> On 7/23/2013 5:29 PM, Swingman wrote:
>> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>>
>>
>
> 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! :-)

--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeros after @

BB

Bill

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 11:32 PM

woodchucker wrote:
> On 7/23/2013 5:29 PM, Swingman wrote:
>> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>>
>>
>
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


> 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.

wd

"woodstuff"

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

26/07/2013 10:06 PM

"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Swingman <[email protected]> wrote in news:1519609093396307715.004212kac-
> [email protected]:
>
> > http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-
> Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
> >
>
> I've never EVER done anything like that...

me neither

Ll

Leon

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

01/08/2013 11:33 AM

On 8/1/2013 8:07 AM, Swingman wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:29:30 PM UTC-5, Swingman wrote:
>>> http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> www.ewoodshop.com
>>
>> I once had to cut an odd shaped piece to fit into some formica countertop
>> with 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 perfectly upside down...
>
> 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:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopAMarriageOfConvenience20052011
>
> He has actually been known to do that more than once, but finally learned
> to destroy the evidence, instead of enshrine it.
>

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! :~)


MM

Mike M

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 10:26 PM

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:29:30 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:

>http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Gyph8z65zmY/Ue7hmaCyfwI/AAAAAAAAUGA/x6FmIBNuvyQ/s1024/IMAGE_8.jpeg

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

Mike M

n

in reply to Swingman on 23/07/2013 4:29 PM

24/07/2013 9:53 AM

On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:29:24 -0700, jo4hn <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Good.
>To the previous message, append the word "God".

Go to the previous message and append "jo4hn". :)


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