View Full Version : What I've Learned
Jim Rimmer
11-23-2009, 1:04 PM
A recent thread had favorite quotes. How about one for things you've learned from ww'ing. I'll start with a couple:
1. Stainable woodfiller generally isn't.
2. Multipurpose tools don't do any task well.
Ben Hatcher
11-23-2009, 3:44 PM
The more recently you've sharpened something the more likely you are to drop it, hit a hidden nail, or otherwise ruin the edge.
Mitchell Andrus
11-24-2009, 8:15 AM
Wood changes shape continuously.
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Paul Atkins
11-24-2009, 5:03 PM
The end of the board is where you cut it off. Huh? Cut the longer parts first.
Prashun Patel
11-24-2009, 5:32 PM
Don't take shortcuts in sanding or prepping a piece before finishing; any shortcuts will show up.
David Christopher
11-24-2009, 6:19 PM
when the little voice says " stop or you will get hurt" believe him
Scott Shepherd
11-24-2009, 7:00 PM
If you are waiting on an important phone call, go use the bathroom, it'll make the phone ring.
David Christopher
11-24-2009, 7:09 PM
If you are waiting on an important phone call, go use the bathroom, it'll make the phone ring.
LOL.....so true
Ken Fitzgerald
11-24-2009, 9:07 PM
I used to think I was smart........45 years later I know better!
The difference between ignorant and stupid sometimes is being hardheaded.
Harvey M. Taylor
11-25-2009, 10:09 AM
All my lathe tools come trained to land edge first when falling.
Rod Sheridan
11-25-2009, 10:56 AM
I always make a new mistake after the test piece is completed.........Rod.
Ken Werner
11-25-2009, 5:58 PM
work wood by its weakness, use it to its strength
Tom Winship
11-25-2009, 6:28 PM
The glue bottle runs dry on the last piece of the assembly.
Todd Trebuna
11-25-2009, 6:32 PM
Common sense isn't.
The #1 Question asked at the front gate to Disney world, Orlando is "What time is the 3 o'clock parade.
Jon Grider
11-25-2009, 7:11 PM
Half mil trash bags don't work well as the bottom bag on your dust collector. It is amazing though, to see how large they inflate before they burst like a balloon.
Brian Kent
11-25-2009, 7:39 PM
If you are waiting on an important phone call, go use the bathroom, it'll make the phone ring.
If you answer the phone from the bathroom - they will know:eek:.
Ken Fitzgerald
11-25-2009, 7:52 PM
If you answer the phone from the bathroom - they will know:eek:.
No further information please!
Matt Evans
11-26-2009, 2:26 AM
There are 750 ways to complete any given task. The first 4 you try aren't on the list.
Rory Talkington
11-26-2009, 2:59 AM
I never make the same mistake twice, but I diligently make new ones all the time. :eek::D
glenn bradley
11-26-2009, 10:24 AM
I always make a new mistake after the test piece is completed.........Rod.
So true, so true. Mine are:
I find that shortcuts aren't.
The quick way to somewhere generally takes me where I don't want to be.
Chuck Stewart
11-26-2009, 12:00 PM
Everthing seems to find it's way to the shop floor when my back is aching
Chuck Wintle
11-26-2009, 12:15 PM
Small parts dropped on the floor invariably roll to the darkest most unreachable part of the shop.
Richard M. Wolfe
11-26-2009, 12:24 PM
In doing something I see a great way to cut time in half and save material. But this is after not the first but the sixth one.....and the last one I need.
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