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   George Vondriska
   

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   Joined: Sep '08
   Posts: 150

   OK, here's the deal. My biggest mistake was a doozy (sp?). I made a bunch of cabinets for a restaurant. I was also reponsible for the bar top, which was to be made out of galvanized metal. Measured for it, and found a place that could produce it. Took forever to get it, and headed for the install. Once I laid the metal on the bar, I realized it was too short. HUH??!! Livid, I went back to my dimensions and realized that I had written down 13' 1-1/4", but had told the fabricator 131-1/4". Ouch. A two week wait for a new piece, are you kidding me? In the end I made a wooden filler to make up for where the metal was short, and this unusual looking area became the servers' station at the bar.

   How about you? Can you share a woodworking gaff with us?

   G

   # Posted 9 months ago
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   Paul Mayer
   

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   Joined: Dec '09
   Posts: 116

   My worst blunder was to build a table that did not fit through the door into my house, which required some careful (but ugly) dismantling of the table, and reassembly. That was the worst, but I have made at least one visible mistake in every project I have ever built. I consider it my signature on a piece. :)

   One time my perfectionist daughter was getting down on herself for making a mistake in school, and I took her around the house on my "tour of shame" and showed her a mistake on every single piece of furniture that I have made. She got the point, and had a good laugh.

   Paul http://www.vernswoodgoods.com

   # Posted 9 months ago
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   dc1236
   

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   Joined: Dec '10
   Posts: 7

   I installed some cabinets and countertops for some family friends a couple of years ago. Easy project (so I thought), all it was was a galley kitchen and I've installed cabinets a 1000 times?! So, I installed the cabinets and everything was looking great. (Now is a good time that I should mention, I was installing them during a frigid winter up here in Montana.) Well, I thought 'I'm going to look great and take the laminate countertop outside to cut the sink hole out. This way I won't get saw dust all over their kitchen.' So, I took the countertops out on their covered deck and layed out the sink hole and started cutting. Everything was still going good until I rounded the last corner of the sink hole and cut a couple more inches. Well, I didn't think about the opening being a weak spot, especially with the cold weather. That countertop snapped like a pretzel and well I got my payback 'boy did I look good'!

   # Posted 8 months ago
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   George Vondriska
   

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   Joined: Sep '08
   Posts: 150

   Wow, that's a tough one. I feel your pain.

   G

   # Posted 8 months ago
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   bk9798384
   

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   Joined: Sep '11
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   # Posted 8 months ago

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