Well you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men…... Plan your work, work your plan. I was admiring the progress on the desk and thinking about starting on the lid when I noticed the error. It appears that the side didn’t project above the writing surface the way it was supposed to. This is necessary for the whole lid hinging thing.
I screwed up! AGHHHHH!!! What to do? Trash it? Take an axe to it? But, then again, maybe if I can think clearly there must be an obvious solution. Relaying out the drawer dividers wasn’t an option due to them being dovetailed into the sides. I realized I could correct the situation by cutting 1” off the entire front of the chest. So out came the circular saw (Skill), planes, rip saw and a partridge in a pear tree. After 4 hours of sawing, planing and sanding I was back to where I left off.
I did have to reinforce the spreaders since I cut 1” off of them they got kinda flimsy. Now to reinstall the feet and get started on the drawers.
-- Don, Pittsburgh
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SteveKorz
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posted 93 days ago
Well… time stallers sometimes are a necessary evil when we make mistakes…. It still looks good!
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
steveosshop
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posted 92 days ago
Ouch!! I hate when I do things like that. I agree with Steve, everything still looks good. Good luck on the rest of the project.
-- Steve-o
lew
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posted 92 days ago
Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt!!
Nice save.
Lew
PurpLev
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posted 92 days ago
you can always modify the plan to retro-fit what you’ve got so far… and take it from there…
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stanley2
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posted 92 days ago
Don that must have been scary! Some day we should do a survey to see how many are true design/build woodies vs the build/design folks. I’m in the latter group as things go sideways and adjustments have to be made to avoid the burn pile. Nice recovery.
-- Phil in British Columbia
John Gray
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posted 92 days ago
A good woodworker can cover his mistakes. Good luck.
-- Only the Shadow knows....................
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 59 days ago
I am glad you back on track!
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker