On Aug 29, 12:28 pm, charlieb wrote:
An Obsession With Perfection

So where do you Draw The Line - and why? How Obsessed With Perfection
are YOU?

Well Charlie after a day like today my S curve is outa sight!
I have until Thursday afternoon to finish a piece that is going to
Germany. It is a souvenir for a guy working here on exchange with a
friendly arborist who is a good free wood supplier for me. He cut a
sycamore down on Monday and dropped of some pieces and then asked if I
could make something. So with the help of some WoWies I came up with
an idea and plunged in. All was fine until major cracking happened
after microwave treatment. So I did a fix up. Last night I am on a
guilt trip about sending something as a gift that has been obviously
fixed. So this am. plan 2 goes into effect, a totally new different
piece and somthing I have never tried before. I am really cooking,
everything is just perfect and then stupidity takes a hand. I had
scorched the outside of the piece and wiped a coat of poly on the
inside when for some unknown reason I took a brass brush to the scorch
to make it look good. Of course the black charcoal dust stuck to the
fresh poly! Then I had to try and wipe it off with a paper towel. Well
5 hours later on there is still a trace of grey on the inside and the
wall thickness is now about 50% less. But just to make my day the
piece starts cracking. So now I have 2 gifts that are obviously flawed
and pick up is due tomorrow afternoon as the new owner flies back to
Germany on Friday. And all this for a freebie!
So much for perfection and the S curve is now broke!
Peter