Grrrr, snarl, spit

:mad: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Yeah, this IS about woodwork but stuffit :mad:

Why is it that powertools wait until you've nearly finished before they stuff up? Grrrr. Especially when it's your own stupid fault? :mad:

The scene: my shed
The job: my boat (the Yellowtail)
The task: sanding her bottom (shuddup Christopha, it's a fine thing to do to a boat and doesn't hurt it a bit)

The other day, I got horribly close to finishing the job but had to stop early. This arvo, I wandered out there to finish off ... just half an hour of sanding. Well, I'm fifteen minutes into the job, mind ticking away at something other than the job, when I idly noticed that it wasn't sanding all that well. Ah well, methinks, time for yet ANOTHER sanding disk. Only that wasn't the problem was it - the rotten disc had fallen off and I was trying to sand with the VELCRO PAD. Needless to say, this was gentle on the timber and hell on the pad. Dunno how long it'd been like that, not long BUT, you guessed it, now the stupid thing doesn't want to hold sanding discs. :(

So, it's turn off the power and lights, lock the shed (in pouring rain, four year old daughter running around in said rain collecting fallen lemons :rolleyes: ), phone me local hardware store, then one further away, then one in the next solar system before I finally find one willing to stock or get me the part ... but not until tomorrow at the earliest (perhaps, maybe - to be fair, they claim it'll definitely be in tomorrow).

And the cost for these few moments of inattention? $30 :eek: Sheesh. Good thing I wasn't using something sharp and dangerous.

Richard
somedays, I'm tempted to trade meself in on a less inefficient model

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Originally Posted by Daddles

Only that wasn't the problem was it - the rotten disc had fallen off and I was trying to sand with the VELCRO PAD. Needless to say, this was gentle on the timber and hell on the pad.

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Ive done the same me self, wondered why it was taking so long to sand with(out) the 60 grit pad.
Seems Im not the only doofus here. :rolleyes:

Al :p

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Originally Posted by ozwinner

Seems Im not the only doofus here. :rolleyes:

Al :p

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I've been wondering what to call her. Doofus mightn't be out of line ... though the proper name would have to be "It's not my fault, I was built by a Doofus"

I'm just grumpy because I was only about ten minutes away from finishing the job ... oh, and having to buy a part I can't afford. And for those wondering why I'm using a power tool instead of a sanding block, much of what I'm working on is epoxy and I don't have a long board (where do you buy those wondrous things :confused: At the rate I'm going, I'll have to make one)

Richard

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Originally Posted by Daddles

I've been wondering what to call her.

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Doofalious?
Sounds sort of Roman and tough. :D
When ppl ask, "Where did you get such a wonderful name!!"??, you can fill them in. :p

God bless Doofalious, and all who sail in her.

Al :)

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Originally Posted by ozwinner

God bless Doofalious, and all who sail in her.

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The Royal connections are showing through again Al. :)

I have a metal sandpaper piercer for my Festo sander and I once forgot to remove it prior to sanding. It caused some frustration and a whole lot of extra sanding. :(

Just like running out of paint when when there's only a tiny bit left, running out of staples on the 3rd last staple as you are up a ladder running cables, running out of paper in the printer on the second last page of an assignment or report :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

It's good to share these moments because it's amusing to look back on them but they aren't a bag of laughs at the time.

For services rendered beyond duty to woodwork.


Arise Sir Rob, and Lady Meg.:rolleyes:

Charles :)

Doofalious would be, if memory serves (which, admittedly, is rarely these days) would be a verb, whereas Doofalium would be an instance of a Doofushttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif

Mind, I wouldn't want to be having to phonetically spell that out (Delta, Oscar, Oscar, Foxtrot, etc, et ruddy cetera) on the VHF that oftenhttp://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ons/icon10.gif

Reminds me: there was a yacht in Durban with the registered name of "Wha-Fa-We" (True!). Procedure there called for every yacht entering or leaving the port to request permission from harbour control as it's a very busy port, with VERY narrow heads. Anyway, the Durban Harbour Control guys used to totally crack-up every time they heard "Wha-Fa-We, Wha-Fa-We, permission to"....

Cheers!

[QUOTE=Wood Borer] running out of paper in the printer on the second last page of an assignment or report QUOTE]

Why, oh why, does the printer, any printer that I choose, invariably have a) a paper jam, b) run out of toner, c) run out of paper (or all of the above)http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...cons/icon8.gif - always when I'm in a hurry, running late, already in a filthy temper?

Cheers!

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Originally Posted by Auld Bassoon

Reminds me: there was a yacht in Durban with the registered name of "Wha-Fa-We" (True!). Procedure there called for every yacht entering or leaving the port to request permission from harbour control as it's a very busy port, with VERY narrow heads. Anyway, the Durban Harbour Control guys used to totally crack-up every time they heard "Wha-Fa-We, Wha-Fa-We, permission to"....

Cheers!

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One of my mates is a Doctor and he called his boat " Quack' simply for the joy of coming up on the skeds with "Quack. quack. quack"

And at launch time Champagne in a cask, those bottles can cause some serious damage :p :p :p

Haven't you guys heard of Murphys Law? :(

When you walk from one end of the shed to the far end of the house only to discover that you brought the wrong size bit for the job. Go back get the right size, then discover yoiu forgot the key to change said bit. Back and forth between shed and house several times. Then the bloody battery in the drill goes flat just before you have finished the job.... so on and so forth!
Then it takes about three trips to get everything back to the shed! :mad:

(Murphy was an optimist!)

By which time you have forgotten what you where there for anyway :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Iain

By which time you have forgotten what you where there for anyway :rolleyes:

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Rarely a problem Iain, the broken remnants of the original are usually there to remind me what I've stuffed up this time.

Richard

why not just hand sand the bastard ?

It's not a bastard, it's a Doofalius. Silly Chimp.:p

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Originally Posted by Auld Bassoon

Why, oh why, does the printer, any printer that I choose, invariably have a) a paper jam, b) run out of toner, c) run out of paper (or all of the above)http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...cons/icon8.gif - always when I'm in a hurry, running late...

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Don't talk to me about printers! Modern technology is blooming wonderful ---- when it works!

Can I just add - the one take home message here is never let any inanimate object know you are in a hurry/nearly finished etc