Show Off Your failures . . .

I got more...I'm uploading em...
 
This was going to be a knife grip but the drill bit wandered.
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checkering turned out like crap..
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crap checkering..
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pen blank explosion...
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I have no idea what I was trying to make. but it didn't work out....but I can't toss it out. so I keep it. That was my first foray in exotic wood stuff...1993...it's that old.
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ripjack13 said:
I used to have a huge pile of junk 1911 grips, but the wife harassed me relentlessly...so I burned em.
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I recently burned 6 or 8 sets of 1911 grips I had been holding onto as well. Turns out the grips don't fit so well when the holes are spaced just under 3" apart and they need to be 3 1/16" center to center....sorry, no pictures...of those.

-jason
 
Hell guys, I don't even have to touch a tool to screw up in woodworking. When I first joined WB, I got some FBE from @justallan that had gorgeous red streaking in it. It was still wet, so I put the lot of them on my back porch to dry in the sun. So much for that! Didn't know any better, totally ruined it:sorry: IMG_20150310_203724.webp
 
This one is even better. I don't have pictures of the mistakes, (I burned them, with great joy), but her are the finished products. I was given the original wheels, (circa 1910) with the iron surroundings and other iron parts to work with. When Coopers build wagon wheels, they do the woodworking, then heat the metal to wrap around it. I was working backwards, which seemed to be a whole lot harder. This is WAY outside of my wheelhouse (pardon the pun), and I screwed up plenty on them.

Screw up #1. I built all the outer rims first, not noticing there were two different sizes.
Screw up #2. I tried turning the hubs,but that didn't work.
Screw up #3. Got the hubs built, mortised out all the holes for the spokes. Layed out and mortised 12 holes each. (There are only 10 spokes).
Screw up #4. Cut ALL 40 spokes 1/2" too short.

I could go on, but let's just say I was mighty tired of building wagon wheels by the time I got them done. Trust me Kevin, you're not alone! IMG_20141026_190541.webp
 
Heck I had a pen blank that look just like Marc's-part wood part brass. Tonight - probably still warm. I turned it all the way down so I could reuse the tubes.

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I haven't been doing this long. but I found out that what I thought was something I messed up wasn't. my 3 year old granddaughter likes everything.
so now I have no goofs. until she gets older . but maybe by then I will have some better projects.
 
Here is a couple that went through the side recently. If you get into hollow forms you will probably do this sooner or later, unless you start right off with one of those laser gizmos. 2 in one week is a little too much though, ........ must focus....
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End grain(cross cut) bocote. ..I was applying ca to it and it popped apart. Freaked me out.
 
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Just applying the finish?! Interesting. Going to have to check my bocote stash - that looks sharp.
 
Yep...I might have been rubbing to hard?
 
Here's the finished pen though. It's a failure too...so ...here tis...

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