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Mitre saw cabinet, stupid boy.

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Mitre saw cabinet, stupid boy.

Postby Andyp » 19 Jul 2018, 16:13

How stupid can I be?

Spent the past week or so occasionally doodling a plan for a mobile cabinet for my mitre saw. Weighing up the pros and cons of beefing up a kitchen carcass or buying suitable ply and building from scratch. local shed can cut to order and they have a 15% discount running. I got Roger to confirm the size of his cabinet and priced up buying the ply on line. Only twice the price of buying a carcass but better timber and I could trim a bit of the depth to suit.
With a kid free morning I took my cutting list to the store and was very pleased when it came out a few bob less than my online estimate.

While driving home I suddenly realised that I had forgotten to include the sides :eusa-doh: I had left them off my cutting list and all my earlier doodles. Double :eusa-doh:

Turned round, got the sides made, price now nearly 2.5 the cost of a carcass. Got all the bits home only to discover that the idiot in the shop had cut two pieces the wrong size. :x . I had clearly asked for, and had written on the list he worked from, 600x500 he cut them 500x400. Back to the store to get them changed.

Next time, I’ll a buy a carcass and only make one trip to the store not 3!

Ho hum.
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Re: Mitre saw cabinet, stupid boy.

Postby Pinch » 19 Jul 2018, 19:02

Oh no, what a darn blinkering swine! :x

I feel your pain brother! :|

It's a funny old game, life. I wonder why we get days like this when others are smoothies. :P

The stupidest thing I ever did was after collecting my car from a garage, I drove a few good miles towards home and thought oh no, I've left my keys at the garage, so I turned round and drove back, also forgetting the keys were in the ignition driving the bleedin car! :lol:

Looking forward to seeing the mitre saw cabinet. 8-)
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Re: Mitre saw cabinet, stupid boy.

Postby RogerS » 20 Jul 2018, 04:57

Bad luck, Andy.

I have a 'little man' who sits on my shoulder and reminds me if I've forgotten something. He never tells me what it is, just that I've forgotten something.

So there I was, a Sunday evening ready to do the weekly commute from Herefordshire up to Haworth, Yorkshire. A 200 mile, 3.5 to 4 hour trip. The access track to our house was about 3/4 mile long without any turning space. So I started driving down and my 'little man' said 'You've forgotten something'. Damn....what is it ? What is it ? Idiot! You've forgotten your work shoes. So I have to drive all the way down to the bottom, turn round and retrace my steps.

Collected shoes and started driving back down. "You've still forgotten something" he said. What ? Thinks ... :eusa-think: Idiot ! You've forgotten your briefcase. So I have to drive all the way down to the bottom, turn round and retrace my steps.

Collected briefcase and started driving back down. "You've still forgotten something" he said. What ? Thinks ... :eusa-think: Thinks some more. Nope..nothing springs to mind..you're stuck in a rut, I say to him, and carry on driving up to Haworth.

It was a good run and I got there early. Best check my emails, I thought, before popping into The Flappit for a few beers. Laptop..laptop. You're ahead of me here, aren't you ? Yup, 'twas sitting on our kitchen table. So Monday night I had to drive all the way back, stay overnight at home then up to leave a 4am for the long drive back up North.

Mind you, he also tells me if I'm doing something stupid but those stories are for another time. :eusa-naughty:
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