Or, what I learned this weekend.
Had a little 'outside' project to build; a small, sort of triangular
frame with a 3/4" ply skin. (Think 45-right-triangle, with a couple of
corners nibbled off).
Took my notepad outside, measured, and re-measured; drew, and re-
measured some more. Set up a couple of sawhorses, and layed the cuts out
on the plywood. -- Cut the piece out, and took it to its new home.
Did I mention that the plywood had one good face, and one not?
D'oh. Apparently, in the process of laying the cuts out on the plywood,
I'd transposed left and right (or more likely, moved my reference from
the "back" to the "front").
So the piece fit perfectly. With the good face *down*.
Well, rather than call it a mistake, I decided that I just needed a full
sized template. I still had a half-sheet available, so I bit the bullet,
and cut a new piece, this time making sure to get the good face *up*.
Oh well, it turned out ok in the end; and it was a nice afternoon to
make sawdust. Just a little more than I'd planned.
--
Regards,
JT
Speaking only for myself....
"jo4hn" wrote
> John Thomas wrote:
>> "BillyBob" <[email protected]> wrote in news:b555f.2366
>> [email protected]:
>>
>>
>>> Maybe
>>>there's a counselling service we could both use?
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> "Hi, My name is John. I don't know my left from my right; Or is it my
>> front from my back. Well, it's something like that"
>>
>> Or
>>
>> "Buddy, can you spare a reference?"
>>
> I don't know my AC from my DC.
I am not paranoid. But everytime I measure something, my tape measure keeps
changeing the numbers on me!
"BillyBob" <[email protected]> wrote in news:b555f.2366
[email protected]:
> Maybe
> there's a counselling service we could both use?
>
> Bob
>
>
"Hi, My name is John. I don't know my left from my right; Or is it my
front from my back. Well, it's something like that"
Or
"Buddy, can you spare a reference?"
--
Regards,
JT
Speaking only for myself....
"John Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> D'oh. Apparently, in the process of laying the cuts out on the plywood,
> I'd transposed left and right (or more likely, moved my reference from
> the "back" to the "front").
Whew! And I thought I was the only one that had a dysfunctional part of the
brain when laying things out. I am absolutely sure that the likelihood of
layout mistakes is directly proportional to how much time you spend thinking
and planning. The more planning and drawing you do, the more likely you
are to screw it up. I'm becoming a real expert at pre-planning in a cad
program. My stack of templates from layout mistakes is growing. Maybe
there's a counselling service we could both use?
Bob
Been there, drank that ...... er, I mean DONE that.
-jbb
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:56:18 +0000 (UTC), John Thomas
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Or, what I learned this weekend.
>
>Had a little 'outside' project to build; a small, sort of triangular
>frame with a 3/4" ply skin. (Think 45-right-triangle, with a couple of
>corners nibbled off).
>
>Took my notepad outside, measured, and re-measured; drew, and re-
>measured some more. Set up a couple of sawhorses, and layed the cuts out
>on the plywood. -- Cut the piece out, and took it to its new home.
>
>Did I mention that the plywood had one good face, and one not?
>
>D'oh. Apparently, in the process of laying the cuts out on the plywood,
>I'd transposed left and right (or more likely, moved my reference from
>the "back" to the "front").
>
>So the piece fit perfectly. With the good face *down*.
>
>Well, rather than call it a mistake, I decided that I just needed a full
>sized template. I still had a half-sheet available, so I bit the bullet,
>and cut a new piece, this time making sure to get the good face *up*.
>
>Oh well, it turned out ok in the end; and it was a nice afternoon to
>make sawdust. Just a little more than I'd planned.
John Thomas wrote:
> "BillyBob" <[email protected]> wrote in news:b555f.2366
> [email protected]:
>
>
>> Maybe
>>there's a counselling service we could both use?
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>
>
>
> "Hi, My name is John. I don't know my left from my right; Or is it my
> front from my back. Well, it's something like that"
>
> Or
>
> "Buddy, can you spare a reference?"
>
I don't know my AC from my DC.
j4