do you need a laugh? Ach Du Lieber Gott im Himmel! Oy Vay! Mama Mia!
ok, here is another entry into David Letterman's "Stupid Boatbuilder
Tricks".
Today I made the second large mistake on Micro. I had been saving
the bow transom bevels and freeing ports until the last part prior to
going 3 dimensional, since I knew that I had a reverse bevel on the
bow transom to deal with. I deliberately saved this morning for the
job since I knew that I had plenty of open time with no supervision
of children necessary, no impending musical performances (just a
rehearsal at 1400) and great weather. I forgot one key item. SLEEP!
I did a walk from 1 am to 3 am to raise money for the American
Cancer Society (hmm? "Does Polyesther Resin cause cancer?" Had it
once,don't want it back!) Then rose at 1800 hours at the call of the
Labrador retriever. I figured, "What the heck. I'm up anyway. I
might as well bevel the bow transom."
Needless to say, I did a great job of transferring the bevel(s) and
set the saw up perfectly for the job. Remember, "Measure twice, cut
once." I then sawed the entire bottom bevel backwards! OOOPPPPSSSS.
ouch, "That's gotta hurt." After an additional 4 hours, I have a
lovely second bow transom, that looks much better than the first,
with two freeing ports (the lower one, a tad too high) and this one
is even square.
The moral of the story is: " Do not operate power tools, when
drowsy. It is not only dangerous, but stupid and expensive."
Tricks".
Today I made the second large mistake on Micro. I had been saving
the bow transom bevels and freeing ports until the last part prior to
going 3 dimensional, since I knew that I had a reverse bevel on the
bow transom to deal with. I deliberately saved this morning for the
job since I knew that I had plenty of open time with no supervision
of children necessary, no impending musical performances (just a
rehearsal at 1400) and great weather. I forgot one key item. SLEEP!
I did a walk from 1 am to 3 am to raise money for the American
Cancer Society (hmm? "Does Polyesther Resin cause cancer?" Had it
once,don't want it back!) Then rose at 1800 hours at the call of the
Labrador retriever. I figured, "What the heck. I'm up anyway. I
might as well bevel the bow transom."
Needless to say, I did a great job of transferring the bevel(s) and
set the saw up perfectly for the job. Remember, "Measure twice, cut
once." I then sawed the entire bottom bevel backwards! OOOPPPPSSSS.
ouch, "That's gotta hurt." After an additional 4 hours, I have a
lovely second bow transom, that looks much better than the first,
with two freeing ports (the lower one, a tad too high) and this one
is even square.
The moral of the story is: " Do not operate power tools, when
drowsy. It is not only dangerous, but stupid and expensive."