There's always a first time

[Jim Rowland]

Woodbutchery most foul:

[Keith Newell]

You could be starting a new trend for those that only play high up on the neck http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Keith

[Chadmills]

Bad luck! So easy when one's concentrating on one thing....
Tom

[Antlurz]

Ouch!

Is this the time to try out that oversized peghead design you've been working on? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif
Ron

[mandolooter]

I bet my G run would sound a lil different on that bugger... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/blues.gif
Being a woodworker I can testify...those things usually only happen ONCE, but they happen! I remember building a floor to ceiling wall detail with 18 raised panels that went behind a mantle. I got it all assembled and the homeowner had stopped in so i asked him for a hand getting it stood up so I could attach it to the wall...well as i was explaining how we needed to go slow since it was gonna be a tight fit we stood it up...low and behold i had forgotten to add the 3 inches for my tape measure when i took the initial measurements....so, he just looked at me and thinking FAST on my feet I say....yea thats the gap that the crown molding covers but my glowing red face gave me away. A tad embarrassing but the crown covered it, and another job well done!!!
Save it on the wall in your shop...its a great conversation starter.

[Bill Snyder]

Jim,
What is (was) that cut for? Could you use it for an instrument with a thinner neck such as a stick dulcimer?
As for forgetting to add in the 3 inches of the tape measure I have done that a time or two myself.

[Jim Rowland]

Hi Bill. That poor thing was to be bound and placed on an "A" style. I had covered it,as I usually do,with wide masking tape to draw the lines. I had even marked the upper part "head" and the lower part "tail"..then I turn right around and draw the cut lines upside down. You can imagine my reaction when I stripped the tape off. I'm still stomping around and kicking things a bit,but am beginning to recover. I can think of a couple of things to do with it,but I think I will follow Mandolooter's advice and hang it in a prominent place ( maybe from my eyelid)as a reminder.
Jim

[sunburst]

I just had to laugh! I figured you wouldn't mind, or you wouldn't have posted the picture.
Funny thing is, (I'm dyslexic) I looked at the picture four or five times trying to figure out what was wrong, and what I was supposed to be seeing!

[Spruce]

I cut out a left-handed F5 once by mistake...

Still got it here somewhere.... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[mandolooter]

Sunburst....me too...took me WAY more than a casual glance!

[Jim Hilburn]

On my last one which was the electric archtop, started into the inside arch with the duplicarver only to realize the board was upside down and I was making an inny on on the side that was supposed to be an outty. On an F I think I would have done it right, but I was too unfamiliar with the new body shape.

[Jim Rowland]

No need to feel guilty,John,even though my pore hort is plumb busted. I'm beginning to chuckle a little myself. Everyone's comments have made me feel better. I know that all of us have made most every mistake possible,but..Dang! This one here is really pitiful.
Jim

[markishandsome]

I once routed out a pickup cavity for a lap steel on the wrong end. Most people belive me when I say I was trying to be innovative http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Larry Simonson]

Well, since it's confession time, I routed hinge cups on BOTH sides of four doors. I kept muttering 'son of bit--' for about an hour after that. I have also cut 4 right handed table legs with much the same result. My new rule: measure twice, cut once, think three times.

[Five]

put it on a mando. You may have the answer to why I can't play!

[mythicfish]

Good stories! If you work with wood long enough, the unthinkable will become inevitable.
I take consolation in telling myself, "What's the use of being stupid if you can't prove it once in a while?"
Just hang on to all your body parts and you can continue to make "new" mistakes - the ones that don't happen twice.

Curt ("I cut it three times and it's STILL too short") Roseman

[MASadict]

Aren't I feeling slow, I had to read most of the post and look at the picture again to figure it out... I hope I can remember this when I start cutting... Thanks for your lesson for us learners...