Cutting Board FAIL

Been there done that Julie…

-- Todd http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid6255915

Failures happen to all of us. Just think of it now as “Designer Firewood”

Today I created some “designer firewood” on the lathe

-- Nicky

Been there done that, I have one now in the bin made of port orford cedar and purple heart that cracked before applying finish, Ughh sorry to here about yours as well.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Yea, yea, yea. Looks like a couple of my projects.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

You need another avenue for that stuff… Like pen blanks for turning custom pens.
Think how much valuable wood just went up in smoke! See How to turn pens

-- On the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop! SteveW

Funny, just finished burning the remains of my most recent failure. Love the smell of curly walnut during combustion!

-- No reserve. No retreat. No regrets.

Bullethead took the words out of my mouth.
It makes a pretty fire though!

-- "They don't want it perfect - they want it SPECIAL"

ahhh, get out of there. The glue you used is no doubt is loaded with carcinogens.

oh no! not in the fire! It couldn’t have been that bad! Sometimes the fun of the failed project is the recovery or the repurposing of whatever it was which turned out unexpectedly.

Btw, it’s not too late. Even the ashes from the fire can be used to clean your blades!

-- If you can't joint it, bead it!

But just look at the quality of the flame. Better wood = a better fire.

-- Just a man with his chisel.........

Story of my life, hang in there.

-- Everyone calls me Ed or Eddie , mom still calls me Edward if she is mad at me.

Don’t think of it as failure, think of it as BTUs. I’ve burnt projects before. It can be sort of – therapudic, out of sight and out of mind and ready to start anew. Thanks for sharing what the rest of us wouldn’t admit to.

-- Doug

Thanks for the support… I do hope to try again, but maybe failures are better since I think I’ve got more views and comments with this firewood than anything else! LOL

-- ~Julie~ followyourheartwoodworking.blogspot.ca

Nice finish! Oh, wait. Never mind.

I looked at all your projects…Outstanding… Now if I just had room for a wood burner…that looks nice and warm

-- To realize our true destiny, we must be guided not by a myth from our past, but by a vision of our future