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I thought I would turn out a couple spruce patterns for some stools and try some different joinery to experiment. One really needs to pay attention to which side of the blade one is on when cutting angled dadoes. My wife and my contractor buddy both got a good laugh from this blunder. Have a laugh on me.

Mart


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tenontim

1319 posts in 637 days


posted 505 days ago

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

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lew

4481 posts in 648 days


posted 505 days ago

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

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griff

926 posts in 655 days


posted 505 days ago

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

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rikkor

11335 posts in 767 days


posted 505 days ago

Looks like a design feature to me.

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Yettiman

153 posts in 631 days


posted 505 days ago

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

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thetimberkid

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posted 505 days ago

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

Callum

-- For wood working podcasts with a twist check out http://thetimberkid.com/

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OJdidit

28 posts in 521 days


posted 505 days ago

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

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SPalm

948 posts in 775 days


posted 505 days ago

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

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SteveKorz

2030 posts in 607 days


posted 505 days ago

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) †

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Chris

1469 posts in 884 days


posted 505 days ago

So… Who gets to sit on it first???

-- Chris

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Betsy

2386 posts in 789 days


posted 505 days ago

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.

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Al Navas

289 posts in 768 days


posted 505 days ago

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

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brianinpa

1365 posts in 616 days


posted 505 days ago

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.

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CharlieM1958

7611 posts in 1111 days


posted 505 days ago

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"

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Randy

64 posts in 566 days


posted 505 days ago

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.

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Tony Z

173 posts in 683 days


posted 505 days ago

Just sit in the middle.

-- Tony, Ohio

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moshel

473 posts in 577 days


posted 505 days ago

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...

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Zuki

1229 posts in 970 days


posted 505 days ago

LOL Charlie.

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

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Earle Wright

123 posts in 613 days


posted 505 days ago

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

-- Earle Wright, Lenoir City, Tennessee

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mart

170 posts in 517 days


posted 505 days ago

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

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Jim Crockett

319 posts in 626 days


posted 505 days ago

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

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cabinetmaker2

35 posts in 657 days


posted 502 days ago

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

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

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Rustic

1247 posts in 489 days


posted 484 days ago

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

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Chardt

142 posts in 494 days


posted 482 days ago

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.

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spanky46

736 posts in 283 days


posted 211 days ago

There is nothing wrong with it! Thats my story!

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

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Karson

25792 posts in 1293 days


posted 211 days ago

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 †

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John

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posted 99 days ago

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

-- http://www.webshots.com/user/jahness

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a1Jim

16683 posts in 470 days


posted 92 days ago

Oh well you win some and you know…

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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PaulfromVictor

30 posts in 239 days


posted 62 days ago

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

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patron

2376 posts in 234 days


posted 62 days ago

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

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

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Sawdust2

1183 posts in 981 days


posted 62 days ago

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.

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