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Thread: Lousy day.
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13th October 2009, 07:45 PM #1
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Lousy day.
I had a lousy day today.
Cold, wet and windy. Making a cabinet to fit into a motorhome that has to go around a heap of stuff in the way.
Glue up was not going as intended and I seemed to be all fingers and thumbs.
Just a lousy day. We all have them.
The final straw was my faithful jigsaw threw in the towel as I was cutting the ply for the faces and backs.
Did you know that an angle grinder with a thin (1mm) cut off wheel cuts ply better than any jig saw I know?
Very little break out or charring but a bit of smoke. Jobs done.
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13th October 2009, 08:08 PM #2Cold, wet and windy.
Look at the positive side you still learnt something new
Cheersregards
David
"Tell him he's dreamin.""How's the serenity" (from "The Castle")
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14th October 2009, 08:53 AM #3
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14th October 2009, 09:45 AM #4
Great for the fingernails too.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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14th October 2009, 10:23 AM #5
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14th October 2009, 03:01 PM #6
Jigsaw? Ply? You must've been going through the JS blades at a bulk-buy rate, !
- Andy Mc
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14th October 2009, 07:16 PM #7
Thank god the grinder worked , proberly would have been a hammer and chisel next , now thats scary using darkside gear
Ashore
The trouble with life is there's no background music.
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18th October 2009, 01:51 AM #8
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A mate was in hospital a couple of years ago having some work done - the bloke in the next bed with the morphine drip had been using an angle grinder to cut wood - I suspect he had fitted a small saw blade, but he wasn't in a condition to ask - and had dropped it, still running, onto his leg - which had been opened from mid-thigh to foot.
Of course you can do the same trick with a circular saw, but it requires more co-ordination to hold the guard back.
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18th October 2009, 03:01 AM #9
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, it was lousy because you ventured into the real world of woodworking and your comfy blanket (lathe) wasnt their to help... Persevere, work through the pain, you can do it; the rewards are life changing… Real woodworking will change your life…. don’t give up... I know you can do it.... we are all here to help...
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18th October 2009, 11:08 AM #10anne-maria.
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19th October 2009, 01:32 PM #11
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19th October 2009, 05:47 PM #12
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19th October 2009, 11:04 PM #13
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I grew up with hand tools. I figure that I have earned the right to use things with switches. More power, (insert grunt here.)
I break down big sheets with the Jigsaw and then use the radial arm or bandsaw.
I agree that the glue plays havoc with blades. Turning it can be a pain on chisels (there's that lathe again Terry)