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Have ever been 100% happy with something you built
I have built lots of things furniture shelving decks additions reno rooms on and on but I can allways fined fault with my own work. Tell me boys (girls too just a figure of speech) will I ever find perfection Yoda. It allways seems I get rushed at some point in time and see that spot later.
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Everything has a flaw, even the Hubble telescope.
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Hello,
Nope - I consider it part of the learning process.
No one should ever be 100% satisfied w/anything they do.
Perfection is for gods, not mere mortals.
It's what drives us to excel.
W/out the challenge, what's the point?
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I have the same problem - and I compound it by being compelled to point out the flaws to everyone who looks at my work! I'm sure there's a name for this syndrome somewhere.
On the other hand, after a few years go by, I can look at a piece and forget the flaws and enjoy the durability of the piece.
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Nope. I'm so disgusted with the current project, I am considering giving up the hobby all together.
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My next project is going to be perfect.
Mike
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Flaws give a piece character and create conversation.
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Thank heavens, I thought I was the only one that screwed something up on every darn thing I make. Usually they are so small that no one else knows unless I tell them. But they drive me nuts. My boy's bed turned out almost perfect, but, there is always that but.
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Not yet. Next time.
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In a direct answer to your question, Yes, there are a couple of pieces I have been 100% happy with. They are far from perfect, flawless, or what I want to do in the future, but I am 100% happy with them.
A perfect pencil is one that writes and erases when I move it around on a piece of paper. Doesn't matter if I chewed on the yellow paint in class.
Brian
Veni Vidi Vendi Vente! I came, I saw, I bought a large coffee!
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I've built many projects with which I was very satisfied. I'd have to say I'm 100% pleased with the results on several of them. Are they "perfect"? Nope. Am I gonna point out any imperfections I know are there? Nope. Will anyone else see the imperfections? Hmmm.....
LOML is my favorite critic. She knows I expect her to point out what she sees in any project, good and bad. There are times I've seen something so much that I don't "see" it any more. She'll run her hands over it and point out a dimple and I'll fix it.
Although several of my projects have won top honors in juried exhibitions, I can point out imperfections in each of them.
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No. I doubt I ever will be, but that's ok.
I will say that my wife is 100% more satisfied now that I've learned to not point out what I think I could have done better...
Where did I put that tape measure...
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My imperfections are only that at the moment I make them. Seconds later, they are part of the design so all my work can be perfect.
fmr
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No, nothing is every 100% perfect. If I don't like the way a project is turning out I trash it (but save the wood) and start over.
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no... perfectionism prevents it. But my customers are, that's all I am concerned with.
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