Thread: Rookie mistakes! (Head up my butt)? ;o) i.e. Don't do as I do!

Originally Posted by AlexS

How did that happen?

good effort Alex
Have you seen the wallace and gromit clip

Originally Posted by DavidG

Bandsaw blade don't work in reverse.

yep tried that once as well, actually might have noticed before I tensioned up the rotten thing - took me a while to work out why it didn't look right

It is a good way of venting and getting it out of your system on telling people about the stuff ups.

Man I feel your pain.

5 years ago I had a 350m2 workshop with an Altendorf F90 with custom extended slide, plus 4 sided planer, wide sander, 20" thicknesser.... .( hang on, something in my eye...)

I used to knock up oak staircases in a couple of days....

But having given all that up to move to Oz, I'm now in my garage struggling to make a sodding tool box on a heap of **** called 12" cabinet saw from hare & Forbes. I used to love my job, but as a hobby on this kit, it's pain.

The saw has got to go, as does the bandsaw that sounds and runs like a cement mixer.

I remember when I would just pop in the shop on a Saturday and knock up a table for a relative........

I'm going to go and hug my festool router.....

Originally Posted by cadas

...

I'm going to go and hug my festool router.....

make sure it's not turned on

I can't even count the amount of times I've cut some exactly 100mm short!

Danny I think we have all done that a few times.

When I use a tape measure - the little hook on the end slides to allow for internal or external measurements to compensate for the thickness of the hook.

When looking for accuracy with the tape - rather than rely on the hook slide which over time the slide rivets elongate etc, I measure from the 100mm mark... and just "remember" to subtract 100mm from my reading.... cept sometimes I forget!

I guess it's early onset alzheimers or something.

Believe me we all do it...

Originally Posted by cadas

Man I feel your pain.

5 years ago I had a 350m2 workshop with an Altendorf F90 with custom extended slide, plus 4 sided planer, wide sander, 20" thicknesser.... .( hang on, something in my eye...)

I used to knock up oak staircases in a couple of days....

But having given all that up to move to Oz, I'm now in my garage struggling to make a sodding tool box on a heap of **** called 12" cabinet saw from hare & Forbes. I used to love my job, but as a hobby on this kit, it's pain.

The saw has got to go, as does the bandsaw that sounds and runs like a cement mixer.

I remember when I would just pop in the shop on a Saturday and knock up a table for a relative........

I'm going to go and hug my festool router.....

It's easy to go from hand tools only, to crappy machinery, impossible to go from good machines to crapola. I sure wouldn't want to try it.

We all make silly mistakes. I tend to be quite slow with woodwork because I try to avoid rushing and making these silly mistakes. And it doesn't make any difference - I still make them. But giving up? Never!