Oops

[rvieceli]

The moral of this tale is pay attention and double check what you are doing.

I’m prepping a couple of table lamp bases. In the past I had the cord come out of the lamp body in what I decided was the back. I often heard a lot of “I like the other side better but the cord comes out there”. I revised my design so the base sits on taller feet and the cord comes out the bottom of the base. Buyers can now decide how to place the thing on their own.

As a result I have to put a hole in the base where the path for the cord is. I have been using a 6 inch double square to locate where hole needs to go.

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You’ll notice that the square now has a side that is the correct measurement and one that is too short. Guess which one I used to mark where the hole goes. Not only do I drill the hole, I counterbore 1/4 inch deep and deburr and bevel all the edges.

Almost binned it. But grabbed the welder, filled the hole and ground it flat. Then redid the thing.

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So pay attention and maybe check again.  [big grin] [scared]

Ron

 

[Duckler]

Nobody’s perfetc.

 

[Birdhunter]

One of my most interesting turned bowls came from one where I was over using a scraper and had a catch that threw the bowl off the lathe. When in hit the floor, it split in two.  I dumped the pieces into the trash and stomped out of the shop. Next day, I pulled the pieces out of the trash and glued them together. I finished turning the bowl with no more drama. The “fault lines” gave the bowl a unique look.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Nobody’s perfetc.

That is absolutely hysterical  [big grin]

[member=3192]rvieceli[/member] that is my hesitation about using double squares. I use either a typical combo-square or a clamp on ruler stop, for marking like that.
At least you found a workaround, that's not always possible.

 

[Sparktrician]

Nobody’s perfetc.

When you make a typo, the errorists win.  [big grin]

 

[ChuckM]

Nobody’s perfetc.

When you make a typo, the errorists win.  [big grin]

This comment makes it even more hysterical!

 

[Cheese]

Ron, I've done that before when using double squares... [embarassed]...my solution is to wrap the incorrect end of the double square with blue painters tape. If I can't read the numbers then I can't use that end.  [smile]

The tape solution came to me as I was marking the placement of holes using 2 double squares and a 6" combination square.  [eek]

That was a mess as one of the double squares was also metric. But, blue painters tape on the Imperial version and green painters tape on the Metric version solved the issue.

 

[rvieceli]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member]  and [member=58857]Crazyraceguy[/member] yup totally my fault. I should have been using one of my 4 inch double squares but the 6 inch was out on the bench. The wrong side on the 4 inch double would have been too short to even consider.  [big grin]

To complicate matters, I locate the hole center on the top side and then transfer it to the bottom side of the base.

Ron

 

[Crazyraceguy]

That kind of thing can easily happen to anyone, that's why I go out of my way to prevent it. I try to do things the same way, all the time. I have a "process", so I know where I am, at any given time. Like I have said before, I get interrupted for other projects, sometimes not getting back to the original job for days.
It's really helpful to know where I was, based on where I stopped.
Even when "order of operations" isn't really important, I still do it the same way. Of course, it has taken years to arrive at this, but it works for me.

At least you fixed it without too much trouble and that's a win.

 

[Packard]

Every time I see the title of this thread “Oops”, I read “Cops”. I am now pondering the significance of that phenomena. [eek]