Thread: 'Twas one of those days.....

Yes I've started telling people that I am past my best before date but not yet reached my use by date.
Nice repair to the plane, hope you put a plaster on your injuries before you got blood all over every thing.
Regards

Don't worry - we all have one of those days every so often.
I have reflected on mine in the past, and have found that like yours, they are a pain on the neck, but usually nothing too serious.
I look at them now as a good thing, they make me pause and assess what I'm doing more often - avoiding, I'm sure something more disasterous.
The one lesson I continue to have to teach myself, is to take extra care or quit when I get tired - and do something else.
A very nice replacement handle - well done that man!

May your days be joyous, and all your mistakes - small.

Cheers
SG

They are the things you learn from. Without them it would be boring.

I have so many days like these, that I think them normal!

Remember this, when I managed to plane rebates on the wrong side of a carcase ... not once .. not twice ... but three times on the same day!

http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furnitu...stayinbed.html

And then, more recently, I go to the trouble of this ...



and this ..



.. and to drop the one end and damage it ...



I guess the good thing that comes out of this is that you learn not to fear cocking things up.

Regards from Perth

Derek

I'm working on a wooden plane that I've named the "Comedy of Errors". My old Japanese woodworking teacher, Jay van Arlsdale once told me that the mark of a good daiku (Japanese carpenter) is her/his capacity to repair errors. I think he was being nice to me, butI take that as solace... -Howard

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

....... they make me pause and assess what I'm doing more often - avoiding, I'm sure something more disasterous.
The one lesson I continue to have to teach myself, is to take extra care or quit when I get tired - and do something else.

Yairs, SG, you are on the money there. Most of my stuff-ups or accidents have occurred when I was either hurrying, tired, or distracted, & the worst when all three were in effect.....

It's obvious we all have our bad days, but you're right, I ought to recognise when I'm not properly focused & go weed the garden or read a book. After all, we're supposed to be doing this because we enjoy it!

Cheers

Originally Posted by A Duke

...... hope you put a plaster on your injuries before you got blood all over every thing.

Yep - I keep a packet of 'Bandaids' handy in a drawer under the bench. Nasty stuff, blood - virtually impossible to sand off if it drops on a clear wood surface, and a great rust promoter if it gets on anything with iron in it!
Cheers,

"We are not alone" and its so nice to be in a room with real people. It takes wise men/woman to admit they can stuff up.

Thanks all you have all made comments to my past week although no major stuff ups. I have done all week as SG says stopped due to feeling low, out of sorts tried. Got little done but all is safe.

Ian good save love the Tote old n new shame you could not repair save the old.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

......shame you could not repair save the old.

Wheelin, I did think about it for a minute or two. Had it had been an original Rosewood tote, I would have been scratching round for a matching piece to graft on (& even more p*ss*d-off with my stupidity! ). However, since it was already a replacement, and I still had a matching piece of the original material, I thought it was easier to just make a new one. The hardest part for me in making a tote is drilling that darned angled hole with the deadly accuracy required, but I think I have that sorted, now. Careful set-up, & taking it slowly, with frequent clearing of the drill bit to minimise wandering seems to do the trick.

Cheers,

Ian

I reckon even the dogs were running for cover when that happened!!! Sweet Baby Jeeezuz.......!

As you know I have had a few Russel Coyte moments in recent times with that 400mm long shaft Forstner Bit snapping off in my drill press and impaling in the wall. I went out a purchased some steel caps as I dropped a piece of 100x100 bench leg on my foot/small toe.........

Yes we all have these days....the new handle looks terrific!

Bryan

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

...they make me pause and assess what I'm doing more often - avoiding, I'm sure something more disasterous.

The one lesson I continue to have to teach myself, is to take extra care or quit when I get tired - and do something else.

But the key is recognising when you are tired -- in a rush -- distracted

All easy to say, most very hard to recognise

Originally Posted by ian

But the key is recognising when you are tired -- in a rush -- distracted

All easy to say, most very hard to recognise

At the time, it is. It's easy later, when you are reflecting on it all...

Cheers,

Thats a very nice handle IanW. Sure wish I could put one together in a few hours!

I love these old 5 1/2's. Got a couple of them myself as well as a 605 1/2.

Haven't dropped and damaged a bench plane yet, but did drop my Lie Nielson block plane - on my foot fortunately! It hurt and I carried on a bit ( I only had runners on ), but the foot soon recovered and I was happy I didn't damage the plane.

Cheers All
OG.

Originally Posted by Old gunnie

......... but did drop my Lie Nielson block plane - on my foot fortunately! It hurt and I carried on a bit ( I only had runners on ), but the foot soon recovered and I was happy I didn't damage the plane.

O.G., I might have tried 'catching' a block plane with my foot, but a 5 1/2 !? But if I can maintain my record of only once in 50 years, I should be ok, now..

It is a very useful plane, for sure, and this one is a bit special hving been my dad's, so I would have been a lot more upset if it had sustained major damage. Fortunately, it shows no other injuries from its insult, and proceeded to produce fine shavings as if nothing had happened, once I got it back together. I guess the handle 'broke' the fall.

I think it took me the better part of a day to make my first plane tote, and it wasn't all that flash. But I've made a few of them now (plus inumerable saw handles) & have worked out a routine that makes the job go pretty quickly. Having a couple of decent rasps helps. The longest part is the final clean-up & getting that perfect silky surface I like on my handles....

Cheers,