ARGHHH INFURIATING
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So I was making a box, quite a nice box too. Apart from the first dovetail the subsequent ones were going rather well. Then after the third dovetail I took a break. When I came back I cut the fourth dovetail and cut out the waste. Only after I did that I realised that I chopped out the wrong bit!
Then I had to cut off all the joints and start again from scratch.
I’m normally a very patient person except in times when I mess up this badly haha
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You must be logged in to view attached files.15 February 2015 at 11:17 pm #124688Been there you not alone. 🙁
It’s got to be part of your nature to double check yourself 😉16 February 2015 at 6:20 am #124699Nothing like something like this to make you remember to mark the waste when you lay out 🙂
16 February 2015 at 6:53 pm #124708My last “ARGHHH” moment:
I was making some dovetailed trays for my tool box. While laying out and cutting the last pin I managed to cut it from the wrong face. The dovetail fit perfectly, but of course it was unusable. Luckily I had another piece of stock, but I was tempted to put a dint in the workbench with my forehead. 🙂
26 February 2015 at 11:40 am #125072My last dovetail venture I dovetailed one side and it was fine, then the next side I dovetailed it the wrong way so each side was going a differnet direction from the box front. I had extra stock so I cut a new side and as I was doing final fitting it split the cheap pine all the way down the side ruining it. I glued it back together and long story short the other side split in half too! I will be burning the enitre drawer.
28 February 2015 at 5:41 pm #125154You defiantly aren’t alone BTDT, you hate when that happens. Now I make sure I mark the waste etc. and take my time and double check before I start. It is easy to mess up if you have been gone for anytime.
Steve
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