On 16 Feb 2007 19:45:36 -0800, "Life_Is_Good_In_Austin"
wrote:

On Feb 16, 6:51 pm, Nova wrote:
Life_Is_Good_In_Austin wrote:
...
It probably won't help to know your in good company. From the golden
ages of rec.woodworking's past...

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Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
From: (Patrick Olguin)
Date: Wed, Nov 30 1994 7:10 pm

Subject: Your Biggest Boner

Sorry, this is not a cross posting from alt.sex.large_appendages :-).
It has to do with your biggest blooper/boner related to woodworking.

I made a wildy funny mistake while almost woodworking the other day.
I related it to a couple of rec.ww chums, and they suggested I post it
if I could stand the ridicule. So here goes.

I had some old 3/8" plywood that had been sitting outside in the
weather... well, what passes for weather down here in So Cal :-).
Anyway, I decided that my father-in-law could use the plywood for
firewood, since it was ruined for any other use. So, I dragged the two
4x8 sheets outside, plopped them on my trusty Workmate, and began
cutting. Well, it wasn't long before the cheap steel blade in my Skil 77
started to go dull, and bind. So, being the clever guy I am, I whipped
out my new, 60 tooth, carbide tipped blade. I unplugged the saw (I'm
kinda attached to my fingers), and changed blades. While changing
blades, I adjusted the foot to full blade-depth to make the change a
little easier.... but then forgot to readjust.

With the new blade locked in place, I plugged in the saw, clamped down
the workpiece, and proceeded to make the most effortless cut you ever
saw: right through that wimpy 3/8 plywood, _and_ the sheet metal of my
Workmate! That Skil 77 never even slowed down. When I unclamped the
workpiece, the two halves of the Workmate flopped to the ground. My
father-in-law started laughing so hard, I really thought he was going to
have a heart attack. Pat the mighty woodworker does in his Workmate.

You know how a really nice carbide blade will make shavings, not
sawdust? Well, there were neat little wood _and_ sheet metal shavings
where my fallen Workmate lay. Oh well, I need to make a _real_ workbench
anyway :-).

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So, your challenge is to one-up this story, and own up to your
horrendous/silly mistakes. Please, no dismemberment stories this time
around =8-0.

Patrick

Just say To Err is human, to really screw up requires a 13 amp,
worm-drive Skil 77.
etc.
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--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA


Very good! I feel kind of better now ;-)

Thanks for all the replies. I've started with 1/8" insert and the
glue. If it fails, I'll try the epoxy (as a golf club maker, have
plenty of it).
Then if it still fails, what would you recommend to use as a
replacement panel. I'm looking for something hard enough that would
not warp?

I believe that the panels are 3/4" phenolic-faced plywood. You can
get a piece of that from Woodcraft--it will be green, not brown, but
should be the same stuff--might want to replace both pieces so they
look the same.