S.O.S.~~LumberJocks to the Rescue!

Nice repair! Don’t tell anyone and who’s to know?
Is that a Buffalo in the grain below the repair?

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

nicely done! can hardly spot the fix , if I didnt know where to look, I’d probably not even know it was ever fixed

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Hey Robbin
If you like when you add stain on top you could use some to kind of blend or draw the grain in by making the dark and light part match the larger part of the door. I’m sure it will work out and your mother will treasure this great gift made with love. These little patch jobs jump out at us but many times the person it’s for doesn’t have a clue there was a problem. Well done.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Great job on the repair! And I believe its an elephant or a woolly mammoth.

Nicely done patch job! I’m with a1Jim – our mistakes jump out at us far more than they do to the recipient.

-- Derek, Bremerton WA --

Spanky~ I didn’t notice that interesting grain there…I was too busy looking at the gaping router mark in my door…but now that you mention it I guess I’m giving Mom an Elephant with a door around it! LOL.

Jim~ i couldn’t agree with you more. I notice every mishap on everything I do even long after it’s fixed. Most people though, look at me like I’m nuts because they can’t see what I’m talking about. I will try the blending before staining. Thanks for yet another tip!

Thanks everyone for your help and encouragement!

-- Robbinscabin

Great job on the repair….. very nice work overall too!

-- Chris

Very nice project! I have found that the “fixes” I have been forced to do were a good learning experience for me. Remember that we are our own worst critics.

-- Don, Pittsburgh

See, that wasn’t so hard! Glad it worked out….Compared to real contrasty grain like that, walnut and mahogany repairs will be a piece of cake for you :)

JC

-- Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -Carl Sagan

Thanks Guys! and Don…I know that I won’t ever panic when things go awry! After all, with all of you as my back up I can’t go wrong!

-- Robbinscabin

A woodworker friend told me once…the level of craftmanship is directly related to how good you are able to hide/fix your mistake
I blame all of my boo boos on the “woodworking fairy”
For this reason, I save all my scrap and saw dust

-- At the end of my life...When I meet my Maker...Will I be seen as...a giver or a taker

My hubby says not to call it a mistake but instead say that I added some extra rustic charm to the project! I guess it’s all in the way you look at things. And I’m with you about saving scraps of wood and sawdust. You just never know when you’ll need them…besides who needs a clean workshop? LOL.

-- Robbinscabin

I’m glad it worked out well, and it will only add rustic charm if anyone notices besides you, which I doubt. I save almost all my scraps too, but of course I never, ever make mistakes that I have to fix.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

I remember this post from a couple of days ago. I looked at the large picture and could not find the repair. Nice work.

-- Trent Tidmore, Grapevine, TX

There is so much real activity in your artwork …no one will ever notice your liitle booboo unless you tell them about it , Robin , so hush…LOL I vote for the Wooly Mammoth hallucination ! : ) I love finding “critters” in the wood grain .

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .