Ooops!

[budprine]

Glue, glue, glue.  That's why it was invented.
Right?

[chief]

Super glue works great and dries right away.  I tried duct tape, but it looks kinda cheap on most pieces.

[wombatie]

I had cut a lovely Wombat that was to have a clock inserted once.  Thought I would just run the buffing wheel over it and did not really have the mind on the job and away it went.  When I eventually found it it was in 4 parts and quite a few splinters missing.  No amount of glue was going to fix this baby. 

Marg

[Curt]

Dropping and breaking is not as disheartening as olding it too tight and breaking it......

[canadasgall]

dropping it is nothing alot of the time it can be fixed, but the stupidest thing i did was after cutting a portrait from mike(the old water mill) took me about 35 hours to cut. i sprayed it with mineral spirits to remove the pattern which was fine, but not thinking i took my torch to burn the fuzzies and poof it was gone so i also have a fire distinguisher in my shop just in case right next to my glue

[scrollgirl]

Canadasgall - YOU WIN!  In reading all the mishaps in these pages, yours 'struck' me the most.  My heart goes out to you!  All that work! I hope after a while you were able to look back on it differently then the day it happened.  I think we all learned a little something from hearing your story! YIKES BIG TIME!  Thanks so much for sharing!

Sheila

[Rightarm]

    I think I would of laid down and cried!!!!!!!!!!! Dave

[tgaspard]

I would have laid down, cried, and after all the crying I would have drank myself into a slumber after that!!!!  Then I prolly would not go back out into the shop for a very very long time!!!

Tonya

[Russ C]

Definitely the best Oooops so far. I have these images in my head of you (canadasgall) running around your shop, burning piece in hand, looking for a fire eextinguisher. Sorry. LOL   

[GrayBeard]

I think we need a PRIZE for that one! Or at least a minute of silent chuckling as we all picture ourselves in the same situation!

PLEASE, tell us you are able to chuckle about it now!!!

~~~GrayBeard~~~

[Dan]

Reminds me of the old saying.

Don't play with FIRE.  LOL

Dan

[Lakelad]

Oh yes, thank goodness for glue. I just used it this week to put a piece back where it belonged.
Gary

[canadasgall]

well just to let you all no i redid the racoon and he is safe behind a frame and glass lol. when they say curse like a sailor well i cursed like 10 lol. i do laugh about it now because at first i was trying to blow it out didnt work  lol. that is not a mistake i will do again lol.

[Rightarm]

    Oh how we live and learn. Dave

[Crabbyboater]

My thanks to all of you for making me feel better.  When I dropped that "masterpiece" and parts went flying, I thought I screwed up royally, that no one else would do such a dumb thing.  But now I see it's just another event in the life of a scrollsawer, and a learning experience at that.  BTW, I had to cut out a new "e", and after I glued it on I took another look... I had glued it on backward!  Thank God the glue hadn't set yet.