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Cutting the wrong side of a dovetail on a walnut dresser
I was in my garage shop about two years ago, working on a dresser for a client in Charlotte. I had marked the pins on the first drawer front, but I got distracted and cut the tails on the wrong side of the line. I had to glue in a new piece of walnut, re-plane it down, and start the whole layout over. It added almost a full day to the job. Has anyone else had a major layout brain-fart like that on a nice piece of wood?
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grant.olivia6mo ago
Oh man, that's the worst kind of mistake. You stare at it for a solid minute hoping the wood will magically grow back. I once cut a whole set of cabinet door panels to the wrong width because I read the tape measure upside down. Had that "oh no" feeling in my stomach when I tried to dry fit them. Spent the rest of the night at the lumber yard hoping they had more of the same maple batch.
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hernandez.stella6mo ago
Honestly reading the tape measure upside down is a special kind of talent. Tbh I'd probably just stare at the wrong panels and pretend that was the design all along.
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cameron_flores6mo ago
Ever think you could just will the wood back together?
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beth_park4mo ago
Did you actually try to fix it or just scrap the whole project?
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fiona_kim974mo ago
Been there, done that, got the sawdust in my hair. I once cut all the mortises for a table base on the wrong faces because I flipped the leg in my head. Had to plug them with matching oak and start over, which felt like a total waste of a Saturday. That sinking feeling when you realize your mistake is the absolute worst. It's like your brain just takes a coffee break without telling you.
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