After just making a big goof making a table, which I corrected very nicely, I wondered what your biggest project screw up has been. I'll come clean, this table mistake was not my biggest.  My biggest was a set of corner tables I made many years ago. They consisted of 3 hearts for shelves and were put together with cut out hearts on both sides. I drew up the plans, cut them out and assembled one table. My wife loved it and I was proud of it. I set it of out of the way and assembled the other one. I finished them one at a time and carried them in the house. It was then, and only then, that I saw that I had put all the heart shelves on in the opposite direction from the first shelf. I laughed and laughed. My wife was amused but said it didn't matter, they would be on the opposite sides of the room. Strangely enough, unless we told them, absolutely no one noticed, even if we asked if they saw any difference.

Due to a computer crash years ago, I don't have the pictures and she gave them away when we moved, thank goodness.

QUEUE sotto voice:

I don't make mistakes.

I make learning experiences and opportunities for creative problem solving . 

Glitches are usually unnoticeable unless we point it out to them.  It’s true what they say then :  That we are our own worst critique. 

Sometimes, we have to experience it so that we know how creative we are! 

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Take the first step, it will lead you to the LAST.
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So right you are, some of my mistake made me find a new solution. These solutions have proven better than the original plan many times.

James Hisebert said:

Sometimes, we have to experience it so that we know how creative we are! 

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Take the first step, it will lead you to the LAST.
www.bandsawblog.com

I built cabinets for a charter / long liner boat when I was in Alaska. I built up an "L" shaped laminated counter top to go on top of the cabinets in the galley but it was to big to make the turn into the galley so I had to cut it in two. With some quick thinking I took a left over piece of mahogany and cut slots into it and mated it between the two half's of counter top and voila instant knife holders. None knew it wasn't part of the original design.

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www.thepatriotwoodworker.com Proud Supporter of Homes For Our Troops

Mistakes can be the mother of invention too!

Mike Dillen said:

I built cabinets for a charter / long liner boat when I was in Alaska. I built up an "L" shaped laminated counter top to go on top of the cabinets in the galley but it was to big to make the turn into the galley so I had to cut it in two. With some quick thinking I took a left over piece of mahogany and cut slots into it and mated it between the two half's of counter top and voila instant knife holders. None knew it wasn't part of the original design.

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www.thepatriotwoodworker.com Proud Supporter of Homes For Our Troops

Cutting an entry door too narrow, the cost of the door? 2300.00 bucks, I spent hours making a new frame for it so I did not have to eat that 2300 bucks, the last word the customer told me as I packed up my tools for the third day I was there for that 285 dollar door installation job that should have taken about 4 hrs? They told me, you did an excellent job, we'd love you to do more work for us! It pays to eat the time and make good on your word.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Wounded Warrior Project and Homes For Our Troops