The wood slipped...

[woodbloke]

I was using my new spline jig on the router table to do some inserts for a picture frame for one of the lads at work...and the wood slipped I've put in the other spline to give the joint a bit of strength while I fitted the patch:

leaving me a curved and skewed slot which I needed to do something with, so I decided that rather than stuff the whole frame through the bandsaw :roll: :lol: I'd try and patch it, which was very tricky as it wasn't 'square' but curved.

Here's the first half of the patch in place with the grain matched, glued in with a fast set epoxy:

...and here's the second half of the patch in place and flushed off. Not a perfect fit, but close enough:

...so that when it's re-machined, the second insert can be made. Now the frame's finished off, it looks reasonable:

I know that the repair has been done, but unless the client knows what he's looking for my guess is that he'll never spot it 8-[ - Rob

 

[wizer]

And this, children, is why 'The Woodbloke' will go down in history as a legend...

Good save Rob

 

[OPJ]

Looks like a decent repair to me, Rob.

If you haven't already cut the rebates, could you make this the rear of the frame?

 

[Shultzy]

Now what you need to do is add the hanging fixtures on to make sure its at the bottom .

 

[Anonymous]

Lovely save there Rob

I did something very similar on Thursday on a project I've been working on for several weeks

 

[promhandicam]

let's hope he doesn't come across this forum then

 

[Waka]

Rob

Domino's would have given the joint the required strength :wink: :wink:

 

[woodbloke]

Lovely save there Rob

I did something very similar on Thursday on a project I've been working on for several weeks

I posted this 'cos it's my view that no job is ever quite as we want it...there's always some sort of mistake, (in this case a glaring mistake) which we have to overcome and use a bit of ingenuity to make a 'fix'

Anyone else care to show any horrors that have been fixed...pics mandatory of course - Rob

 

[peter99]

Yes, the Missus was giving me grief all last year so I gave her the elbow
I did, really!
That was one BIG horror dealt with. :shock:

 

[Mattty]

Lovely save there Rob

I did something very similar on Thursday on a project I've been working on for several weeks

I posted this 'cos it's my view that no job is ever quite as we want it...there's always some sort of mistake, (in this case a glaring mistake) which we have to overcome and use a bit of ingenuity to make a 'fix'

Anyone else care to show any horrors that have been fixed...pics mandatory of course - Rob

Nice job Rob.

I recently posted a similar cock up https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... sc&start=0.

It happens to us all as you say, it's just how you get over it that counts.

 

[wizer]

Rob you wouldn't believe the amount of 'wizers' that have gone 'through the bandsaw'. I have a toys/pram mentality when things like this go wrong. It's naughty of me. :lol:

 

[woodbloke]

Rob you wouldn't believe the amount of 'wizers' that have gone 'through the bandsaw'.

Tom...I would :lol: - Rob

 

[maltrout512]

(in this case a glaring mistake)

The only reason is that you repaired it, so you know where it is.

 

[frugal]

Anyone else care to show any horrors that have been fixed...pics mandatory of course - Rob

There was the time I really understood that wood movement happens in the real world and not just in perfectionist £10,000 arty pieces:

 

[woodbloke]

I remember that one F...the back panel of my Elm Cabinet II did the same thing :x - Rob