Chiselled!

[Auld Bassoon]

I'm not sure if I should be admitting this, but last Tuesday evening, after a trying day at the orifice, I thought I needed a bit of 'therapy' in the workshop.

Well, I've been in the throes of making a roll-top desk, and needed to finish-up the elliptical trences in both upper sides that will take, eventually, the roll-top.

Normally, I'm quite careful as to where I 'point' my chisels, but in coming to the end of the ellipse, I found the angle to be all wrong for me, so I just flipped the piece around.

The long and the short of it is that the final section of maple (thankfully beyond the final edge that I want) just split, and even though I wasn't using much pressure, the chisel just went straight through, and into the Auld Bassoon's gut to the depth of about an inch...

The chisel's fine, but the Bassoon's gut isn't

It's amazing how much lint, shirt-material and wood chips get into such a little hole - or so the white-coated ones at the nearest hospital tell me. C'est un merde. Une grande merde!

Three days off work, and it's still sore.

Maybe it's just me being clumsy, but has anyone else had any similar nasties?

Cheers!

Steve B

PS several large dollops of friendly red-juice later in the evening certainly helped

[knucklehead]

Steve when it comes to hurting ones self I am normally good for a tale.

but I'll bow out of this one................ you win!

[ozwinner]

Serves you right, I intend useing a router to make the roll top groove in mine.
Ouch.....:eek:

Al

[craigb]

Maybe it's just me being clumsy, but has anyone else had any similar nasties?

Thankfully no.

I always try to make sure that anything sharp points away from me.

[Auld Bassoon]

Serves you right, I intend useing a router to make the roll top groove in mine.
Ouch.....:eek:

Al

Don't ya just love sympathy....

I'd thought about using a router, but, being an enthusiastic "wanna be", I wanted to (and still do, damn-it), try a wholly hand-built approach. No electrickery involved... Just wet, red, sticky stuff

Cheers!
Steve B

[Ashore]

Don't ya just love sympathy....

Sympathy on this forum ha!!!!
The only way you'll find sympathy look betweem merde and syphilis in the dictionary



The trouble with life is there's no background music.

[Rusty]

Steve, seeing as you're so close, I should bring a healing ale around...but I'd make sure that new hole is well plugged, first. Wouldn't want any beer leaks on that new router table!

Regards,
Rusty.

[Auld Bassoon]

Steve, seeing as you're so close, I should bring a healing ale around...but I'd make sure that new hole is well plugged, first. Wouldn't want any beer leaks on that new router table!

Regards,
Rusty.

Tell you what Rusty,

PM me a short list of your favourite watering-holes, ann maybe we could meet for a yarn or two?

Cheers!

Steve B

[Rusty]

Mate, I think there is only one pub around here...I'll drop you a line shortly!

Regards,
Rusty.

[soundman]

Pictures, pictures, where's the pictures.

how about this one.

[Rusty]

That's a ripper, Soundman; I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation..

Sad to report that having met Steve B. the other night he seemed to be recovering well, no gory wounds or hot nurses in attendance. The benefit of sharp tools is that lacerations heal nicely!

Regards,
Rusty.

[Iain]

I remember my little brother when he was about 12, holding a piece of wood in his palm and carving with the blade towards him, slip, straight into the wrist.
Impressive spurt of blood, about a metre high, he thought it was funny, but he has always been a dickhead.

[JDarvall]

I remember my little brother when he was about 12, holding a piece of wood in his palm and carving with the blade towards him, slip, straight into the wrist.
Impressive spurt of blood, about a metre high, he thought it was funny, but he has always been a dickhead.

yeh,,,,sounds like my brother two.....but of course he'd have reason to say the same about me ! the cheeky bugger