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I'm building a solid white oak vanity for the bathroom and having completed the carcase and doors turned two knobs. Turned the knobs very carefully and sized a 3/8 in spigot for mounting using a 3/8 open end wrench to get it just right. Now set up the mark5 and drill a hole in each door, set to fence to get the hole centered , and from my bit drawer grabed a forstner for the hole.

Well I grabed a 1/2 inch bit, now what . Get a 1/2 inch dowell and drill a 3/8 hole in the end and make a sleve to fit. OK works now.

Is the problem being 76 years old or just another rush to get the job done?

Your opinion please.

Rock
Virginia Beach Va.

Thanks, hoped it wasn't a senior moment. My 1/2 plug cutter was broken and the was a good fit.

Rock

Hey we all make mistakes no matter what the age. I say the sign of a good woodworker is being able to cover one's mistakes so no one else knows it is there.
I would agree with beeg and use a plug cutter so you can use the same wood and grain orientation. Glue it in place and then re-drill. Only you will know.
Regards,
Dwight

You have a lathe. Turn a plug to fit the oversize hole. Insert it and you are back to the beginning.

As to the cause. I doubt it has anything to do with age! Why? Because there are a lot of mistakes made by crafters that are a lot younger.

It also might not have anything to do with haste. I contend that many mistakes are made by people who are really taking their time. Mistakes are just that - "Mistakes". Some can be avoided but not all.

The best way I know to avoid making mistakes is "Don't do anything".

I just want to believe that when I am 76 I'll still be making saw dust - maybe more than I am making now.

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rocke1 wrote:I'm building a solid white oak vanity for the bathroom and having completed the carcase and doors turned two knobs. Turned the knobs very carefully and sized a 3/8 in spigot for mounting using a 3/8 open end wrench to get it just right. Now set up the mark5 and drill a hole in each door, set to fence to get the hole centered , and from my bit drawer grabed a forstner for the hole.

Well I grabed a 1/2 inch bit, now what . Get a 1/2 inch dowell and drill a 3/8 hole in the end and make a sleve to fit. OK works now.

Is the problem being 76 years old or just another rush to get the job done?

Your opinion please.

Rock
Virginia Beach Va.

Rock
If the problem is because you are 76 then it must be contagious and I must have been around a lot of 76 year old people because I have been making mistakes like that since I got into wood working many years ago and I still ain't 76.

My best guess it is due to Murphy's law, "If it can go wrong it will."

Hi Rock,

Are telling me that you never made mistakes like that until you turned 76??? Oh my; that means I will be much worse then I am now, when I turn 76!!!

rocke1 wrote: Is the problem being 76 years old or just another rush to get the job done?

Your opinion please.

Rock
Virginia Beach Va.

Rock - You are my HERO! I finally found a guy older than me on this forum!:D Here I have thought I was the oldest ol' fart here, but now I feel a lot younger and better! I'm 75!

Seriously - - I think the problem was your hurry. I've found it has become necessary to keep my mind on every operation all of the way through, until it is done. We don't want to lose an appendage to mindless operations.
So far all of my oop's have been relatively minor - all except one have been to the project - not me.

If it is noticable at all, I would make the same 'mistake' to the other door. Then it's intentional. That's the way you meant to make it. Honestly.

P.