Greg Cuetara
01-31-2009, 11:16 PM
Have you ever thought...Jeez I should have quit earlier tonight?
I am working on a project for a friend and getting to the final glue-ups. It is a crib with a whole bunch of slats into the top and bottom rails and then some legs. I have been finish sanding pieces today and did 3 glue-ups...then onto the 4th glue-up. I got all the slats glued in and everything squared up. I thought what the heck I can slap on the legs...all I have to do is line up a few dowels and squeeze them together and it will save me time tomorrow.
I got the legs glued on and everything squared up then...Uh Oh...the top rail was on the bottom and the bottom rail was on the top. I started to freak out not sure what to do. The glue had already been in the open about 15 min. I tried a whole bunch of clamps to push the legs off the dowels but nothing seemed to work. Finally I was able to use my hammer and a block of wood to knock the whole thing apart. I figure that I can come back tomorrow and cut off the dowels then redrill the holes and re-assemble the piece.
And all this after my wife said she was going to buy a TS for me for my birthday but didn't know which one I wanted...although that may be on hold right considering yet another one of my cars needs work to pass an inspection.
Not a total loss but have you ever thought jeez I should have stopped when everything was going good?
Hope all your projects went well today...
Greg
I am working on a project for a friend and getting to the final glue-ups. It is a crib with a whole bunch of slats into the top and bottom rails and then some legs. I have been finish sanding pieces today and did 3 glue-ups...then onto the 4th glue-up. I got all the slats glued in and everything squared up. I thought what the heck I can slap on the legs...all I have to do is line up a few dowels and squeeze them together and it will save me time tomorrow.
I got the legs glued on and everything squared up then...Uh Oh...the top rail was on the bottom and the bottom rail was on the top. I started to freak out not sure what to do. The glue had already been in the open about 15 min. I tried a whole bunch of clamps to push the legs off the dowels but nothing seemed to work. Finally I was able to use my hammer and a block of wood to knock the whole thing apart. I figure that I can come back tomorrow and cut off the dowels then redrill the holes and re-assemble the piece.
And all this after my wife said she was going to buy a TS for me for my birthday but didn't know which one I wanted...although that may be on hold right considering yet another one of my cars needs work to pass an inspection.
Not a total loss but have you ever thought jeez I should have stopped when everything was going good?
Hope all your projects went well today...
Greg