"J T" wrote in message
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Tue, Jan 24, 2006, 7:13pm (John Sellers) doth
burble:


even though you don't need plans,
there's got to be some sort of
directions' floating around in your mind.
And they had to come from somewhere,
right?

Sure, it's based on my old one. You didn't realize that?
Everyone
else does.

But, that's still a point of departure - you had a plan for that first
table, right? (or second, third, whichever table the 'first' one has
the distinction of being) Even if you didn't record it, you still had
a plan. I really don't see how someone works without some type of
notation. When I've tried it, I ended up wasting all sorts of wood,
not to mention the possibility of screwing up other materials
(fasteners, hardware, etc.) I put into the piece from multiple
installation. And that's over and above the test pieces I work with.
It only makes sense to me to make sure I'm maintaining the necessary
dimensions, width/length/height, if they're only scribbled on the work
piece in pencil. Builders do this all the time, even to the point of
leaving instructions for subcontractors written on the framing. (Have
to be a little more careful with the lead hardness when you're not
hiding the wood with wall sheathing.)

If I were building from a prototype (I guess that's what you're
calling the 'first' table now?), maybe it would be covered with notes.

Just curious to know how you do it without some time of "planning" -
maybe it would help me plane down my own methods. Ever store and
print those web pages you surf?

(and not at all sure that I should disturb
Tom or Edwin)

Candyass.

I've was called Candyman a couple of times, but that never stuck -
thankfully.
(Grateful Dead version, not Sammy Davis, Jr.)

Good luck with the new table,
John