If you ever think you're a moron...

[MrCrankyface]

What a great post, and I can assure you're not alone in doing stuff like this.

 

[brino]

@dewbane

You were right, having that music play as I read your post was fitting.

Somewhere in there I had a mental image of you chasing a gear thru your shop, going out one door and then back in another door with the gear chasing you!

-brino

 

[Boswell]

If I have learned anything over the last many years with my Mill and Lathe it is when to "Step away" and take a long break. . We to be honest it is something that I sometimes 're-learn'

 

[higgite]

Great post! Started my day (or yesterday or whatever) off with a chuckle and that’s never a bad thing. But don't be so hard on yourself. Be proud that you didn’t finally hit the dimensions on the nose just to realize that you had cut a left hand thread. You didn't did you?

Tom

 

[kb58]

I can see this thread turning into a oneupsmanship challenge:

Back during car fabrication (see sig) I was making several critical suspension parts. As they were made, they were set off to the side, and at some point I got distracted. Anyway, looked around for some cut-off scrap material to use for the last part, made it, and then noticed even though I'd made four of them, there were only three there. Yup... I used a finished part as the raw material to make the last one, and machined it from the other end, so I didn't notice. Sigh...

 

[Dabbler]

Some days I can't get anything right... it happens to all of us, I'm sure

 

[pontiac428]

But isn't the moment of realization so much easier when you've screwed up your own project compared the moment of realization on someone else's (customer's) job?

 

[middle.road]

But, you got to crank handles, make chips, and learn something. That counts in numerous ways.
Perfect story for a dreary weather day, a non-productive bleh kind of day.

 

[MrWhoopee]

I don't recall the the specifics, but I had one of THOSE days as an apprentice. When I scrapped the third part in a row, I walked to the time-clock, punched out and left. The rest of the crew were taking bets on whether I'd come back. The following day when I arrived, Fred started in on me, asking why I had left. I calmly told him "Fred, when the world is turning to sh*t in your hands, you put it down. You don't squeeze it." Then I went back to work.

 

[hotrats]

Ah, the joys of night shift! 20+ years on it myself. Those who have never worked it for long periods will never know. I had a LP record turntable, had a plastic cover that was not hinged. Bought hinges, glued to the plastic cover, marked record player base to drill for the hinge screws. Got 3 pilot holes drilled, then realized I had not turned the base around, so, now had 3 holes in the front side of the record player base...