Almost needed this Tissue box while working on it

[nuhobby]

Who me? Yes, I pontificated a few times lately....
- Mentioned to my nephew that every project will have a mistake; you can't throw it away midstream.
- Told a few folks that "real woodworking" isn't so much about "sawdust" as it is about measured "shavings, chips."

Four years ago I had made a tissue-box after seeing one in the Toledo Woodcraft store:
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Someone seeing that box requested one of their own lately. So I finally got around to that.

Here's how all my preaching backfired on me:

- Had ordered some nice dimensioned wood from an in-state eBay guy (<100 miles away, perfect eBay rating). After 2 weeks of no UPS visits, I contacted the seller who dug and dug and concluded UPS had lost the wood. So much for salvaging that! I had to work with some other wood I dug up.

- Got real proud of my corner-miter cuts on some Ash planks, until I realized all 4 pieces were too short laterally to fit around a tissue-box!

- Panicked, decided to add in some gap-filling walnut pieces. Decided to use 15-min-cure Epoxy to make sure the joints were strong and all gaps were filled. Come trim-up time, epoxy is tough! No plane-shavings for that stuff, I had to grind down the squeeze-out dried glue with a long session at the Disc Sander.

- Top piece wasn't planned to have the two tiny "keys" holding the bookmatched Oak halves together. I had to put those keys in following a mistake on the bandsaw -- to fill up unintentional kerfs!

- Next: I decided the box was too tall in appearance. Then I found I couldn't get it fit in the bandsaw to trim off a bit from the bottom edges. Back to my recently-restored Rip handsaw. It actually works very well, especially, given its traditional teeth, if I lift it slightly during the backstrokes. You can also see traces of some long shavings left as the sharp teeth 'chisel' through a rip-cut.

So here is the short project made long... now finally ready for some finishing.
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[fjimp]

Hey Chris, nice job and thanks for pointing out realities of woodworking. Every project I make has varying errors that force changes which for some reason seem to enhance the outcome. I recently made a pair of saw handle style canes. Having already made a few I was moving right along when I became a bit to aggressive with the band-saw. I realized I had totally changes the handle shape on one of them. The friend that I made one for preferred the handle on the one I over shaped over the original style. One just has to adjust and continue. Jim

[db5]

Well, that's nothing to sneeze at. Or maybe it is.

[peterm]

Very nice and interested to see your innovative "fixes"!

[joedw00]

That turned out good. No one would know that you did not plan it that way. Isn't that part of being a good woodworker, you are able to cover your mistakes?

[terrydowning]

There are no mistakes.

Just opportunities to improve your skills or adapt a skill to a new method.

Chris,
Nice Job and good save!

[judaspre1982]

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[maggeorge]

I could not agree more. There are no mistakes. Only lessons learned.

[nuhobby]

The title is still appropriate -- now with allergy and/or sinus virus, I just don't feel like finishing the job any time soon! I guess that's what browsing the forum is for.

I started another tissue-box. Bevels were done with the bandsaw, and I'll be trying a new technique for precision trimming of these parts... when I get to it! Also will probably trim the top-walnut and add a similar bit of decorative bottom-walnut. The main part is mahogany.

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[judaspre1982]

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