I hate it when that happens…

[Brian Kent]

I hate it when I am putting shellac on a chalice and drop it in the sawdust.

I hate it when I clean out the shop vac, clean the shop vac filter, vacuum all of those out of the way places, and when I stop breathing, realize I never put the filter back.

I hate it when that happens.

What do you hate when it happens?

[Reed Gray]

Hmm, well, when I head out to the shop to do some thing, and don't even make it to the shop before I forget what I was going to do... Well, actually I get 'distracted'.

robo hippy

[Grant Wilkinson]

I hate it when I've put a lot of time and effort into a cedar bowl for a neighbour, turn it nicely, sand it to final, oil it and wait patiently for the oil to harden over a few weeks. Then fine sand and buff it to that it's quite nice. Then bounce it on the cement floor of my shop and watch it break perfectly into 2 pieces of firewood.

[Prashun Patel]

Got a chuckle out of that shop vac story, brian.

[Tony Rozendaal]

I hate it when I'm sanding at 320 and find a tool mark that I missed at 120, 180, and 220, clear across one end of a natural edge bowl, not that this couldn't have happened to me just this morning.

[Eric Gourieux]

... when my lathe bites the dust and I'm still waiting on repairs

[Brian Brown]

I hate it when:

I have a catch while roughing out a hollow form and break the tenon

I reverse chuck the same piece with the expansion jaws in the center hole, (so i can fix the tenon) and have a catch and crack the collar

I break the tenon a second time while roughing out the hollow form because I had a catch

I again reverse chuck the same piece with the expansion jaws in the center hole, (so i can fix the tenon again) and have a catch and break the collar off

I drop the chuck with a piece mounted that I have been working on for weeks , and get a small crack in the most delicate part of the piece

I use CA to fix the crack, and it leaves a dark stain

I ruin the above listed projects because I needed something to do while I have to wait for glue to dry on the piece I started originally

All of these have happened in the last two hours. Quite the day.

Apparently, I hate waiting for glue to dry!

[Jack Mincey]

I been lucky not to do this but a few times in my time turning, but I do hate it when one turns the inside dia. larger than the outside dia. I just doesn't work well at all.
Jack

[robert baccus]

I hate it when I spend the whole day repairing a chainsaw that ain't broken! Dam kickback lever.

[robert baccus]

I hate it when I make 2 funnels in a week in pretty wood. I hate it when I spend an entire weekend repairing a chainsaw that ain't broken. Danm kickback lever!

[Mike Campbell KS]

I hat it when I think my drill bits must need sharpening since it took so long to drill 4 pen blanks that I spend the rest of the night sharpening bits, only to find that the lathe is in reverse.

[Mike Campbell KS]

I also hate it when I decide it "needs" one last finishing pass before sanding begins when Wham, I have a new piece for the fireplace.

[Joe Bradshaw]

+ one to all the above. I have done them all at least once. When these things happen, I take it as a sign to quit for the day and enjoy a cool one.
Joe

[Peter Blair]

I hate it when I finally get to my lathe to make something really cool that I thought of last week and now can't remember my great idea.

[Peter Blair]

Hey Robert. I don't make any funnels any more after I made this jig. It does seem a little over engineered but is actually pretty easy to make and use. You may see it in "American Woodturner" in the near future.
https://woodbowlsandthings.wordpress...tom+finder+jig
If you click this link it sort of takes you backwards as the latest posts are at the top. The original jig is discussed in the third post down.