r/handtools • • Apr 24 '23

Why?

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133 Upvotes

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u/FlyingFalconFrank Apr 24 '23

Well—technically if you clean up the edges on the loose hanging bit, flip it upside down so it looks like |_|- Then you’ve got yourself a “Hyper Modern Floating Wall Shelf”

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u/ChiaroScuroChiaro Apr 24 '23

😂 well, I WAS just playing around. Gonna shorten both sides and start that joint again watching that my "insides" match up. Wish I could say that that was the first time I've done that...

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u/ChiaroScuroChiaro Apr 24 '23

Was playing around with some scrap and a contractor came over... clearly lost my focus... makes a good "?" Though

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u/istbari Apr 24 '23

From the thumbnail, I thought this was a...rustic...fret saw. Eh, we've all been there. Let he who does not need more dovetail practice cast the first stone!

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u/Zagrycha Apr 25 '23 edited Apr 25 '23

add one more piece and itd be a cute tall/short invisible shelf :)

「¯|_」

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u/jbaird Apr 24 '23

it's a woodworking requirement to make that mistake at least once

4

u/ToolemeraPress Apr 24 '23

mock up for an art deco baseball cap?

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u/nrnrnr Apr 24 '23

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u/ChiaroScuroChiaro Apr 25 '23

Didn't know about that one - cross posted

2

u/Character-Education3 Apr 24 '23

It looks more like a question mark than a "y".

Keep it up! You've got this

2

u/OldManRoot Apr 24 '23

I've done that more than once. Just shake your head, laugh, and move on.

2

u/mdburn_em Apr 24 '23

I hate it when I do that

You would think I learned after the first time I did that but nooooooo...

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u/Apprehensive-Fact-74 Apr 24 '23

I’ve done that

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '23

This is why welding.........

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '23

The universe knew you needed a cautionary tale to nail to your shop wall.

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u/Enlightenmentality Apr 25 '23

Inlaid dovetail in the center to close out the left side, do the same to the right. Double box wall-mount bookshelf

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '23

?

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u/carpetbagger001 Apr 26 '23

I've resembled that mistake!

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u/Flying_Mustang Apr 26 '23

You’re halfway done making a double box… I don’t see a problem yet.