Spoke too soon

[jimmyG]

I was mentioning before how I only ruined a few projects this past year...  Jinxed myself. Been rolling lately getting a bunch of things done.  Decided to sand plywood and leave sawdust so shelf paper would be easier to remove.  Bad idea... Pattern was lifting and made pieces chip out on the really tight curves, especially the eyes. Should have started there and saved me 3 hours of A H....  Once so much veneer was chipped out or split, and the eye was ruined I got pissed and it made its way to the chop saw.  Time for a break from the scroll saw for a while.

[Denny Knappen]

After that, I would take a break too!  No PUN intended.

[wombatie]

Two thing I learnt early was, always start at the hardest part, that way if you mess up you still have a lot of good wood/ply left.  Second never drill all of the holes because if you do mess up you have ruined all of the wood/ply,  Drill a few at a time, say 20 or 30.

Marg

[jimmyG]

4 hours ago, wombatie said:

Two thing I learnt early was, always start at the hardest part, that way if you mess up you still have a lot of good wood/ply left.  Second never drill all of the holes because if you do mess up you have ruined all of the wood/ply,  Drill a few at a time, say 20 or 30.

Marg

I usually do only drill a few holes at a time, "usually" not this time, mistake #1.  The eyes really wouldn't have been a problem if I just used the shelf paper properly.  I do try and scroll a potential problem area first.

[Norm Fengstad]

sometimes compost happens