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Have you ever attempted a woodworking project that you really shouldn’t have?
How did it turn out?


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I’m at that age where my back goes out more than I do.
 
Not 100% wood working but I re-did our kitchen counter tops in our third home I think it was. Stripped off the old tile, made new 3/4" ply top, laid out the design, bought tile, the whole bit. Thought everything was hunky dunky. When I got done, we discovered the clearance between the bottom edge of the tile and the drawer pulls was so close we pinched our hands all the time. Plus, somehow I got off on my grout lines and if you looked close in the back corner they were off by a good 0.125" (or maybe my counter tops or walls weren't square, which is more likely). Anyway, that was one project I probably should have contracted with someone who knew what they were doing. And I didn't have and didn't rent a tile cutter. I cut all the off size pieces by hand used a pair of those nibbler plier things. Dumb.
 
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Absolutely... I was going to make a giant bowl, ruined a chain, cut my thumb pretty good with a chisel, it's still there taunting me.

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Always managed whatever I tried. (In woodworking anyway) I should consider myself lucky I guess. That or stubborn. Considering I hand carved dry gidgee I think it’s the second.
 
4th or 5th bowl I ever made was an oak piece 8 inch round by 6 inch deep. Dam thing nearly killed me several times!
Came out ok in the end.
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Remember the snow shovel spackle guy, hired me to put a 1" x 12" pine board on a basement stairwell. That was my instructions. Home owners were hitting the sauce being New Years Eve. None could tell me anything. I notched the board to fit each step as some were off. Took me hours.

Turns out, I was wrong. He wanted me to cut each tread and riser and use the board as an end cap, being the stairs were getting carpet to the finished basement. Other guy finished the job. He cut the treads and risers flush with the board I installed and tacked the end cap board over top the board I installed to minimize drywall damage. So the thing ended up 1.5 inches thick, sticking clearly out beyond the base board. Looked awful to me. Just one of many fails....
 
A number of things I shouldntof did, but done anyways. At least I was smart enough to eventually stop one thing. Had a piece of oak I picked up on the side of the road that decided it wanted to be some kind of endgrain vase. Roughed the outside between centers, and decided to finish the outside and the inside while in the jaws of a chuck. I think after the 6th or 7th time it flew off and bounced around the room, my leg, other things, I decided enough was enough. But been thinking about trying to finish it - you know - just for the challenge of it!

A sequel to Marc's question;

Would that be a smart move or a dumb move?
 
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