Thread: the worst woodworking day or dumbest thing you have done

Originally Posted by MajorPanic

Dropping a UK Stanley #4 that had just been fettled & breaking the toe off the sole.......

& then, on the same day.....


Vertically dropping an 1921 #7 that was in MINT condition onto the concrete floor & busting out the throat of said plane.........

I almost gave up woodworking that day!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

but I decided to stay with it & see what else I could stuff up!!

MP That's a Major (nay! General) Boof

I don't suppose that the fact that LNs (especially) and LVs, being made of ductile iron, would have made any difference as they are supposed to withstand this sort of *abuse*

I know it doesn't help, and yoy have my commiserations mate, c'est une grande merde!

Any chance of a repair?

At least you're still in the game, and that's the main thing

Cheers!

Originally Posted by Steve.Bisson@te

MP That's a Major (nay! General) Boof

I don't suppose that the fact that LNs (especially) and LVs, being made of ductile iron, would have made any difference as they are supposed to withstand this sort of *abuse*

I know it doesn't help, and yoy have my commiserations mate, c'est une grande merde!

Any chance of a repair?

At least you're still in the game, and that's the main thing

Cheers!

Sorry to say Steve, both were beyond repair........ I almost cried!!!! :mad:

Originally Posted by MajorPanic

Sorry to say Steve, both were beyond repair........ I almost cried!!!! :mad:

Damn and Blast I say !

What a bugger

Does SWMBO know? Is it possible that a Major(!) wail will overcome predjudice, and provide a plausible reason to introduce your c. card to LN?

Good luck
Cheers!

I consoled myself by finding another Stanley #7 although it was a US model & needed a fair bit of work.
LN has got my CC details & has had them for at least 5 years.
My collection is HERE

Originally Posted by MajorPanic

I consoled myself by finding another Stanley #7 although it was a US model & needed a fair bit of work.
LN has got my CC details & has had them for at least 5 years.
My collection is HERE

AAAaaaarrrrghhh!

Now why did you have to go and do that? My poor aching wallet! I see all these lovely pieces of kit, and... owwww! Bugger!

Cheers

today was a good day, I went to carba tech after work and got meself a CT-002V. nice 2hp dustie. very good. got it home unpacked and started putting the bugger together, so far so good. got the frame togethern finally got the wheels on (geez some of the chinese "craftmanship" is wee-poor; one of the threads was onesize too small and crossthreded every time... anyway...) so gets the frame together and lay the motor housing on the frame so I could bolt it on and as I lay it on Im thinking - if this drops and me hands in the way it'll collect me and it will farging hurt. soon as I said this, guess what ? they bastard drops on me hand and the motor housing (which probably weighs 25kg or more) presses me hand against the frame on its way to the ground. jeeeeZUZZ! I almost cried. farg it hurt... the adrenalin kicked in and I got dizzy and almost passed out with the pain... sat down looked at me hand thought - sheet, i've broken me hand here. had a little swear at myself and turned the lights off and went inside - told jane who gave me the most evil look ive seen for a while while she gets the ice- it swelled up like a balloon. the ice pack brought it down to size again - just a little swelling now and i;ve got full movement due to the ice and by flexing the hand and clenching unclenching etc - didnt break anything thank fark!

anyway thats the worst accident i've ever had. I hope it never happens again. :eek:

come to think of it its only the second time i've had an accident in many years of mucking about in the shed and a full house reno - the first time i scraped some skin off the top of my thumb with some 60 grit on the disc sander... jsut a wee bit of blood and a manic laugh from jane as she applied the cleansing alcohol - that hurt more than the scraping...

Don't worry Zed, don't chimps have 4 hands?

I got the evil look a couple of times when coming in from the workshop I said "You had better drive me down to get some stitches" :eek:

SWMBO gets a little faint at the sight of blood!!!

im still in trouble over that - but managed to get the dustie on and run some blk sassefras through the buzzer for fun and to show jane... she was so impressed she asked for a go so I could see the chips go up the spout... works really well... tomorrow i play for real... after I dig some holes for jane. :eek:

Zed, would your Jane happen to be a nurse? My MBGitW is a nurse and she continually tells me that she is paid to be compassionate at work! Another saying of her and my mother's (another nurse) is "Don't bother me unless their is gushing blood or visible bone" Lucky I am an OFA holder - Bandaids and Saline are some of best used tools in my workshop!

Had a good one today another mak'trouble, was using an orbital on a project which vibrated enough to send my 6mth old 18v mak drill skydiving off my workbench... buzzy scraping sounds as trigger was pulled then it stops alltogether it had shattered one of the magnets... not happy Jan
Downed tools went inside and had a little sulk!

Just finished making 30 picture frames.

Guess What?

23 are the wrong size !!

All outa that rotten northern nsw timber thats fulla tiny splinters

The timber looks very nice though

A mate was fitting a sectional door to my carport today and the door panels had been made 40mm too short. I was helping him load the panels back on the trailer and walking backwards I stepped on a piece of angle iron trim and feeling it cut into my foot I suddenly lifted my foot which put me off balance and I went base over apex. I have a steep drive so a couple of rolls added to the half flip. Result is a buggered wrist, some blood letting and worst of all me out of the shed for a while. Lesson learnt is that bare feet are not a substitute for safety boots but Ubeaut caps serve well as bump cap -well they must do cause my noggin is not damaged.

Over the last year or two I've been helping a brickie mate build a house; he's looking after the outside, I'm doing everything on the inside. Last year, while laying the floor-boards (Tassie Oak, what else? ) I happened to mention that it'd be different to make the kitchen cabinetry out of 'em as well. Of course, to my regret, he pounced on the idea. I finished the cabinets & an island bench, which are faced entirely of floor-boards over a pine carcase and completed installing all relevant fittings some 2 months ago... and even if I do say so myself, the kitchen looked GREAT!

Being close to the end of the project, money was running tight so my mate decided to spend a few months building up the cash reserves before calling me back on-site, which happened just yesterday. We walked in the door, turned on the lights and... GASP! :eek: Every single bloody cupboard door has bowed out up to around 1cm!! Of course, the kitchen downlights are directly over the cabinetry, casting shadows which highly accentuate the bow and make it real "in yer face" stuff. AAAARGH!

I'd a bit of trouble with one door months ago, it had bowed about 2mm but I thought I had that problem sorted out by using thicker battens across the back. As soon as I opened a cupboard to closely inspect the damage I realised exactly what I'd done... 5 coats of Tung Oil over the outside of the cupboards (lovely, deep, rich shine) but had neglected to put even *1* on the inside. D'Oh!

Needless to say, I brought home a ute full of cupboard doors to strip and rebuild. To make the day complete, on arriving home I went to unload the blasted things and dropped one in the driveway, leaving a ruddy great gouge on the face.

So for a bit of relaxation I fired up my mini-lathe... and discovered that its' head-bearings appear to be on their way out [Thread posted elsewhere] This is no real surprise, I should've realised Murphy wasn't finished with me; my big lathe is currently in pieces 'cos its' head-bearings went oval last week. Of course, I was s'posed to pick up the replacements on the way home today but forgot...

I'm not game to do any work in the shop this arvo; methinks I can't afford it!

does getting booked for doing an illegal left hand turn count ? if so - my hand is up... I suppose it didnt help that I asked mr flatfoot the following questions smugly knowing its not illegal to be rude and my ute is not a travelling defect :

Meoes your mum know where you are ?him : Hmmmm
Me again : Do you enjoy your job meeting all these happy people ? Him: yes people like you I do...
Me some more : Hows the quota going mate ? him : evil look
Flatfoot : Did realise I was doing an illegal ? Me responding :yes mate I did. Him : incredulous look.
Me yet again : So wheres all the revenue going then ? eh ? you guys needs some new cars do ya ? Him : slightly miffed - you know that you've done the wrong thing, Me: Yeesssss. Him : Im glad I booked you, Me: Yes, So am I, thank you.

I know I deserved it and I shouldnt be rude but I know in me chimpanzee heart what I did was SAFE. he was only doing his job and i'm probably gunna get a reddie from DANP (where is he these days ?) but bugger it - it was fun, I even said "Thank you Mr Officer" in me best sarcastic voice.

I reckon he hates me now...

I promise I wont do it again. but fair dinkum - just coz a sign says something doesnt mean it makes sense. I mean if a sign said - bang head here, you wouldnt do it would ya ?

before you all get narky with me - to all the cops out there - I know you do a hard job, I take me hat off to you. and I know I didnt make todays love letter writers job any better but hasnt he got better things to do than just passing out tickets to honest folk like meself who happened to bend one rule ? I mean Im a good bloke - I treat people well, Im polite and I chase vandals out of the local school. I even caught one once and chased off a firebug. I hang around accidents and help victims, I've applied cpr, I've even stopped a kid from drowning, I make muffins for strangers, I help me neighbours, I fix the little old lady across the road plumbing, I even stopped a mugging once. but you cant tell that stuff to a bloke thats "just blindly following the rules - it isnt fair.

frigging road rules imho are absolute bollocks!

Ok - fire away.