Sir step away from the project

Been there. Done that. Have a drawer full of T-shirts.

I hope some of the wood is recoverable.

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

I had a project go like that about 15 years ago. Nothing went right. Turns out I think it was that my scedule at the time just did not allow me much sleep (working 3 jobs and school). I like to blame it on that anyway. I sure screwed up some good wood. I didn’t build anything for years after that.

-- JB

Ack, I know how that feels. With the Wixey Digital Fence on the TS and the new Miter Bench my accuracy has improved mightily, now if I can just get that dang measuring part or proper setup down, I will be much better off on making sawdust.

-- //FC - Round Rock, TX - "Experience is what you get just after you need it"

Michael, I call that “Brain Stall”. And it seems to happen to me more as the years go by. And you do have to step away for a break. I usually will take a coffee break in the morning and one in the afternoon, in hopes of avoiding a “stall”. If not, I always enjoy the coffee.

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

I think we have all had that I usually grab the fly rod and go and have a cast or two in our local lake and when i come back it all is better or some times I just shelve it for a while and do other projects and come back and all usually goes smooth
Bill

There are times when we all do that. I often do this when I am trying to “make one more cut” or “mill one last piece of hardwood”. We tend to stretch the construction process too far at times in order to get the project completed. When I start making mistakes that is the time I put up the tools and turn out the lights. (Which I do a lot of the time). :)

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Am there, Doing that…

Well actually I’m on the returning trip. I bit off more than I could chew and choked. I took a long break (to long according to my wife), split it up in smaller chunks and I’m back at it.

-- ~jtd

Rocking Chair #5, the collar slipped and I drilled a depth hole too deep in the seat, plugged it and you cannot even tell I did it. Also cut one of the back legs incorrectly so I had two left legs all of a sudden, so that went into the firewood pile. While routing the rockers one started to split and I had to throw it in the wood pile. All-in-all I was ready to burn the whole thing.

That is why I run a 3-CD turntable or a timer, when the music stops it is time to leave…

-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com