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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Crabbyboater on May 19, 2010, 11:51:57 am
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Well, I finally did my first real project. Used Steve's pattern for "I Love My Schnauzer", and it came out pretty good if I must say so myself. Wife loved it. Then I started hand sanding it a bit, holding it in one hand. It was then that I dropped it onto the garage floor and the "e" and "r" went flying. Can't say here what I really said but it wasn't nice. I've since made a new e and r and got them attached but I've learned a lesson. I'm sure none of the rest of you have ever done a big Ooops, have you? ;)
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Of course not!!! That NEVER happened to any of us! (<---I hope this translates as major sarcasm!) :) I think we have all had those type of mishaps from time to time. I know I have had my share! One of the first necessary supplies you may want to invest in is some good clear-drying wood glue. Sometimes it is a woodworkers best friend! I often tell my friends "It's a good thing I don't do ceramics!" Glad you got it back together.
Sheila
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And that my friend is exactly WHY I did not take up "Glass Crafting"!!!
~~~GrayBeard~~~
P.S. I had a similar experience just this Monday! (Probably said many of the same words!)
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Been there, Done that. And I think to myself, I am such a dumb %!$.. :o
LOL
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I think at some point all of us have done that. When I was making the Bobcat Segmentation a couple of weeks ago I was trying to move the enitire piece before it was all glued up. I was doing pretty good until right before I reached the table I was headed for. Then it happened.....I tripped over my own feet and 200 peices went flying everywhere. Luckily I was able to find all of them and get it back together.
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Sounds familiar.
Justthey other day I made something a piece broke of and without checking the pattern clever me stuck it together. Guess what I glued the wrong piece on and my glue works so well I had to redo the piece. So don't feel lonely there are more OOOOOPS out here than there is place for on this forum ;D
David
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One of the first things we all learn. DO NOT DROP YOUR PROJECT. But i have found out why you should keep glue on hand.
Dan
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I thank my lucky stars for wood glue! Dave
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Nothing like that ....EVER...happens in my shop....LOL
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Yes glue can be your best friend :D :D
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I have dropped a couple of different projects also and my finishing Department THE WIFE seems to do a good job on these .............too bad we all don't have our own finishing departments...........Marshall
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ive dropped several projects also, as the old saying goes ..."stuff happens". have also cut or strayed off lines, then i stop and tell myself, heck noone will ever no, so if i stray off a line or leave a few out, im just making it my own pattern so to speak lol.
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I like to use Medium Super Glue....It works good, dries clear and pretty fast. Hubby has to keep comming over to the finishing table and steal it back from me...LOL. Guess I should invest in my own bottle. But why, he would just have both bottles by his lathe...LOL. He is good at that...
But yes, glue is a woodworkers BEST FRIEND!!! Along with clamps and tape to help glue pieces back together again...It is a MUST HAVE!!!!
Marshall, CORRECTION!!!!!! We do have our very own finishing department in our shop. IT IS CALLED ME!!!!!!!! LOL.
Tonya
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I have broke many pieces and ended up gluing back in the place I think the piece belongs or cut it down where it looks like a piece does not belong. LOL
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My favorite for 'repairs' is the Loctite Jel 'super glue!
Only takes a little 'dab' like Brylcreem!
~~~GrayBeard~~~
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Glue, glue, glue. That's why it was invented.
Right?
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Super glue works great and dries right away. I tried duct tape, but it looks kinda cheap on most pieces.
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I had cut a lovely Wombat that was to have a clock inserted once. Thought I would just run the buffing wheel over it and did not really have the mind on the job and away it went. When I eventually found it it was in 4 parts and quite a few splinters missing. No amount of glue was going to fix this baby. :'(
Marg
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Dropping and breaking is not as disheartening as olding it too tight and breaking it......
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dropping it is nothing alot of the time it can be fixed, but the stupidest thing i did was after cutting a portrait from mike(the old water mill) took me about 35 hours to cut. i sprayed it with mineral spirits to remove the pattern which was fine, but not thinking i took my torch to burn the fuzzies and poof it was gone so i also have a fire distinguisher in my shop just in case right next to my glue
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Canadasgall - YOU WIN! In reading all the mishaps in these pages, yours 'struck' me the most. My heart goes out to you! All that work! I hope after a while you were able to look back on it differently then the day it happened. I think we all learned a little something from hearing your story! YIKES BIG TIME! Thanks so much for sharing!
Sheila
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I think I would of laid down and cried!!!!!!!!!!! Dave :'(
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I would have laid down, cried, and after all the crying I would have drank myself into a slumber after that!!!! Then I prolly would not go back out into the shop for a very very long time!!!
Tonya
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Definitely the best Oooops so far. I have these images in my head of you (canadasgall) running around your shop, burning piece in hand, looking for a fire eextinguisher. Sorry. LOL 8)
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I think we need a PRIZE for that one! Or at least a minute of silent chuckling as we all picture ourselves in the same situation!
PLEASE, tell us you are able to chuckle about it now!!!
~~~GrayBeard~~~
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Reminds me of the old saying.
Don't play with FIRE. LOL
Dan
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Oh yes, thank goodness for glue. I just used it this week to put a piece back where it belonged.
Gary
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well just to let you all no i redid the racoon and he is safe behind a frame and glass lol. when they say curse like a sailor well i cursed like 10 lol. i do laugh about it now because at first i was trying to blow it out didnt work lol. that is not a mistake i will do again lol.
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Oh how we live and learn. Dave
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My thanks to all of you for making me feel better. When I dropped that "masterpiece" and parts went flying, I thought I screwed up royally, that no one else would do such a dumb thing. But now I see it's just another event in the life of a scrollsawer, and a learning experience at that. BTW, I had to cut out a new "e", and after I glued it on I took another look... I had glued it on backward! Thank God the glue hadn't set yet.