Comments on: Bookshelf: Munging Mortises http://www.galoototron.com/2010/03/08/bookshelf-munging-mortises/ Woodworking with Hand Tools Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian http://www.galoototron.com/2010/03/08/bookshelf-munging-mortises/comment-page-1/#comment-594 Brian Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:48:51 +0000 http://www.galoototron.com/?p=684#comment-594 It depends. Sometimes you can't recover and you have to start over again. This time, I could recover, and also, the piece that I'm working on isn't meant to be anything special. There are lots of things I would do differently if this were something more important and I were using expensive wood. I'm not even using any kind of halfway serious drawing right now. It's also always better to make a mistake than to be too frightened to make anything at all. It depends. Sometimes you can’t recover and you have to start over again. This time, I could recover, and also, the piece that I’m working on isn’t meant to be anything special. There are lots of things I would do differently if this were something more important and I were using expensive wood. I’m not even using any kind of halfway serious drawing right now.

It’s also always better to make a mistake than to be too frightened to make anything at all.

]]> By: Michael http://www.galoototron.com/2010/03/08/bookshelf-munging-mortises/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Michael Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:44:58 +0000 http://www.galoototron.com/?p=684#comment-593 Oh, I meant to write: ...it is probably more important to know how to recover from the mistakes... see what I mean with 'becoming careless'? Oh, I meant to write: …it is probably more important to know how to recover from the mistakes…

see what I mean with ‘becoming careless’?

]]> By: Michael http://www.galoototron.com/2010/03/08/bookshelf-munging-mortises/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Michael Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:44:02 +0000 http://www.galoototron.com/?p=684#comment-592 Hi Brian, Good thinking here. Since mistakes happen all the time (in my case, typically after cutting the first joint well, I become a bit high spirited and then careless), it is probably more important to recover from the mistakes. And that is what you did brilliantly here. Hi Brian,

Good thinking here. Since mistakes happen all the time (in my case, typically after cutting the first joint well, I become a bit high spirited and then careless), it is probably more important to recover from the mistakes.
And that is what you did brilliantly here.

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