stool screwup

Mart, that’s called “contemporary design”. Finish it up and take it to one of those galleries with all of the other strange things that people buy in it. This could end up in Fine Woodworking’s Reader Gallery.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Turn it over and you have a support for finishing projects!

Looks just like something I would do, I make some major screw up on just about every project I`ve ever done. just learn how to overcome them with out too much more extra work.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Looks like a design feature to me.

Mart,

Thanks for posting, at last I have found the man who set my saw up – :)

Take care :)

-- Keep your tools sharp, your mind sharper and the coffee hot

Remember Mart there is no such thing as a mistake…Just a design modification!

Callum

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The part I like is you did not let a mistake stop you. I like how you kept going and assembled it. Are you going with a wipe on fnish or spray? :-)

-- JB

Good one. I would not know where to start on all of my screw-ups.

Maybe the cops could use it for a sobriety balance test.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Mart, I really appreciate your post… I’m doing stuff like this all the time, I’m just glad to see that I’ve got someone else in the boat with me… lol.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

So… Who gets to sit on it first???

-- Chris

Looks like a special plant stand to me.

Remember woodworkers don’t make mistakes we make variations.

-- You can't get a hug from Facebook.

One quick tip:

Cross cut the top right down the middle, swap end-for-end, and make some walnut end-on-end dovetails. Voilá: One nice piece of art!!!

-- Al Navas, St Joseph, MO, http://sandal-woodsblog.com

You could always join another piece of wood to the bottom of the legs, but then you won’t know which way is up.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

LOL! We’ve all been ther, done that, got the t-shirt. Now you’ve made a nice piece, the only challenge is to figure out exactly what it is. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I don’t get it! What is wrong with his design?

-- If you have gone through a whole day without learning something new, you wasted it.

Just sit in the middle.

-- Tony, Ohio

you have no idea how many times i stood alone in my workshop staring at something i just did, cursing loadly and hoping no one hear…

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...

LOL Charlie.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

I would NEVER cut my angled dadoes like that ! Mine would be pointing in the same direction!!

-- Earle Wright, Lenoir City, Tennessee

Thanks guys for all the great replies. I did cut another with the dadoes headed in the right direction. We are leaving tomorrow for a couple days of dipnetting for salmon. When I get back I will play with some other joinery techniques. I am thinking a sliding dovetail for the stretcher on one and maybe a through tenon with a wedge.

Mart

Thanks for posting – it makes me feel better for all the screwups I have made. Could be used for a a lap tray that you use on one leg? Otherwise, I think I would attach a top piece and use it for a unique shelf.

Jim

When something like that happens to me, I blame it on the dog…..

-- Mark, Hancock Maine, rmarkham52@hotmail.com

SWMBO says that all ya need to do is put a board on the bottom and you have a contemporary stool

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

add a through tenon at the bottom with a Wedge for detail. It’ll look like you intended it.

-- When my wife ask's what I have to show for my wood working hobby, I just show her the splinters.

There is nothing wrong with it! Thats my story!

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

I’m glad that others show their bo-bos so I don’t have to show mine.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Mart, I though at first glance that it’s for putting on your lap and you want the legs bettween your’s instead of on the outside. Who knows, you may actually like it.

John

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Oh well you win some and you know…

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

I say let your favorite in-law sit on it!

it sure will keep folks from kicking it out from under you !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

Have you ever reversed the pins and tails on a dovetail?

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.