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General Category => The Coffee Shop => Topic started by: daliclimbs on November 19, 2011, 05:48:03 pm

Title: need to vent a bit.
Post by: daliclimbs on November 19, 2011, 05:48:03 pm
Wanted to vent to you guys because I knew u would understand. I made a wonderful letter opener with a Celtic design in the handle. It was special because I cut a log down to size with my chainsaw. Squared it with a table saw then planed to thickness. It literally went from log to finished piece.  I got it cut and finished and not thinking I sat it on top of a small board on my lathe table. Well my elbow eventually hits the board, they both topple and the opener breaks. I was so mad at myself I immediately took it to the fire pit and burned it with some scraps LOL..
Title: Re: need to vent a bit.
Post by: GrayBeard on November 19, 2011, 06:16:37 pm
Oh Boy...some more designer firewood!

We have all been there and done that so don't feel too 'dumb'!

Just remember next time..PUT IT where it can't get hurt!

Sympathetic Hugzzzzzzzzzzz

~~~GB~~~
Title: Re: need to vent a bit.
Post by: daliclimbs on November 19, 2011, 07:04:25 pm
LOL. Thanks GB. Trust me it was a lesson learned!
Title: Re: need to vent a bit.
Post by: dgman on November 19, 2011, 10:44:36 pm
Yup, It's happened to me too. Last year making stuff for the Christmas season I knocked over four completed projects and broke them all! I keep one of them on the "shelf of shame" to remind myself not to do it again.
Title: Re: need to vent a bit.
Post by: daliclimbs on November 19, 2011, 10:49:03 pm
I have a wall of shame for my turnings. Guess I should start one for my scrolling..
Title: Re: need to vent a bit.
Post by: BilltheDiver on November 21, 2011, 01:26:28 am
We all do it, and as long as all that is broken is a project, it's not that big a loss.  My tag line is "measure twice, cut once, count fingers" and as long as I still have all my limbs I will consider any other accidents within reason.