I'm pitiful

[Brian Penning]

Been a rough week...sigh
slots for box bottom...:o

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f193/Bri68/IMG_2675.jpg?t=1177844156

[Ken Shoemaker]

Brian,
Looks like you have a great start on the "inlayed" contrasting wood strip you PLANNED on putting there. I'm sure the recipient of this fine work will marvel at your "creativeness"..... ;) Been there, done that...:rolleyes:

[Don Bullock]

Brian, I've been there and done that too. Don't be so hard on yourself. Ken has the perfect solution to the problem by adding inlay stripes in a contrasting wood. You could even do matching inlay stripes at the top. Another solution would be a shorter box.;)

[Ken Massingale]

I'll trade my walnut box that is glued up with NO slots for the bottom for yours! :o

[Hans Braul]

What would woodworking be without the OH $#*@ factor? I should post a pic of a beautiful dovetailed box that I made of cherry and maple, only to destroy it when I attempted to cut it open for the lid. It now holds scraps of wood.

Cheers
Hans

[scott spencer]

No worries....there are lots of fixes for that! You were just being creative and thinking outside of the box! :D Chin up...it'll still be a box when you finish.

[Andrew Williams]

You could always make it into a smaller box now.

[Neil Lamens]

Hey Brian:

YEP.................boxes first...........legs blanks next!!!! Bet all of us have an assorted "parts bin".

I like Ken's approach..........Neil

[Brian Penning]

I'll trade my walnut box that is glued up with NO slots for the bottom for yours! :o

What about this solution for you? Hmmm...but getting the bottom in would be tough. I guess I would rabbet the bottom so I can get the bottom in..then...oh heck, I'm the wrong person to say anything....duh

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=47818&cat=1,46168,46176&ap=1


http://www.leevalley.com/images/item/woodworking/router/16j8302s2.jpg

[Tim Lynch]

You've done the one thing that a lot of us would never do (like me)....


admit your mistake here! :D


Three cheers for courage anyway.

[Jim Becker]

Like your the first to do something like that??!! Thanks for posting the reminder that we are all human...and what Ken said: turn lemons into lemonade! That nice box can still be used for lots of things even if you're not happy with the little boo-boo. To get a bottom in quick, glue in some support strips for it to set on and use a pinner to fasten it without getting into wood movement trouble. It should not fit tight as the bottom will need to be able to expand in width seasonally.

[John Schreiber]

I would never make a mistake like that . . . and post it here. I prefer to let the outside world assume I am perfect.

From John, The King of Doh.

[Richard M. Wolfe]

I'm afraid when I do something like that mine don't turn out as well. They usually split somewhere......when I throw them into the wall.

[glenn bradley]

What are you talking about? I like the decorative cove work.

[Bob Luciano]

can't you just cut the box bottom groove on the other end and make that inlay the top?

[Ted Miller]

Brian, I could write a book on screw ups, it happens to all of us. This is what is so good about woodworking you learn big time from mistakes. Your next one will be perfect I bet...

[Larry James]

After wasting a lot of wood with box joints and other joinery, I mark each piece up, down, top, bottom, in, out, 1,2,3.. etc. However, this leads to a second problem - not looking at the marks during assembly!

Some consolation knowing I'm not the only one. Sigh.

Larry

[James Carmichael]

Is there something wrong with that picture?

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Man....that's gotta hurt.
-Jeff