Why is it we spend hours on something that we know isn't going to please us?
It's just a few bucks of wood or maybe even free. If time were money it
would certainly hit the trash bin. I think we just don't like to be defeated
by a crappy piece of wood. Wood burners are great... burn baby burn!!! Now
who won?

Tim
"mac davis" wrote in message
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Sort of an "Arch & Charlie" question...

I threw a small branch on the lathe a few days ago, thinking that
depending on
what was under the bark, it would be a small goblet or a couple of lidded
boxes..

It sort of evolved into a vase, after removing bark, soft spots, etc...
The point is, it was a shape/design that I didn't care for and was going
to
require a lot of defining and sanding..

I hated it, my wife thought it was "cute".. (2 words all married guys fear
are
Cute and Sale)

I really wanted to delegate it to the firewood pile, but got stubborn and
decided to drive on and finish it...
As it progresses, I find myself finding reasons not to work on it and
maybe do a
few pens on the other lathe..
I am torn between equal forces: Hurry it and get the damn thing done, or
take my
time and do it right... even though I don't like it or feel like working
on it..

I've had this happen a few times before, with mixed results on the
finished
piece....
Anyone else have the "piece from hell" occurrence?


mac

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