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being a good woodworker is covering up your mistakes though. If i did that, and there wasnt an option to just recut a new board (lets say it was 12 inch wide, 12/4 walnut or something very expensive, id either glue up a 1/8th accent strip on either end of the board, making it a design highlight, or just do a 1/8th glueup from the cutoff and grain match it best possible. Walnut is wide grain, so i bet you could get away with it for a 1/8th section and not have it be noticeable unlike some of the more grain heavy woods.

All that said, id only do those things for myself. If a customer paid for a design, and this dude fucked it up, replace the wood, eat the cost, and give the customer what they deserve
 
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I'm on some site and some guy says he miscut "an expensive walnut board" 1/4" short due to a flexing saw blade, because it was hot. What an f'n excuse. Blaming the poor tools. I gave him shit.

My shop is un-air conditioned and my saw blades have never "flexed"
If he cut it 1/4" short be a man and admit it instead of making up bullshit
 
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My shop is un-air conditioned and my saw blades have never "flexed"
If he cut it 1/4" short be a man and admit it instead of making up bullshit
No shit. When I was toolmaker they might fire your ass the first time(ok, 1 warning, maybe) around if you made say 11 parts correctly but #12 had an area that was .001" out of spec. and you tried to pass it. You knew it, you checked every piece on your surface plate or with your mics - inspector might not. Better to fess up than have the customer find it. Possibly worse is the asshole who attacks the tool after THEY fuck up. I watched this temperamental asshole throw a $12-15k fixture on the floor. Then I watched them check out his toolbox. :rolleyes: *Fixture was just scuffed - I was trained to that dudes job immediatly. :fly:
 
Dawn of the final day
The asshole floor guys "should" be done today
They lost half a day because their van broke down, and one of the crew quit so it was down to two guys
Their work has been excellent so far otherwise I would have bounced the dumbasses already
They did manage to get my office done, so I was able to put my stereo together last night which took some of the edge off my anger
So my weekend will be spent re-assembling/cleaning the rest of my house
fun!
 
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Dawn of the final day
The asshole floor guys "should" be done today
They lost half a day because their van broke down, and one of the crew quit so it was down to two guys
Their work has been excellent so far otherwise I would have bounced the dumbasses already
They did manage to get my office done, so I was able to put my stereo together last night which took some of the edge off my anger
So my weekend will be spent re-assembling/cleaning the rest of my house
fun!
Worst haiku ever.
 
Eh, it only gets installed once. I'd cut em some slack if as you say the actual work is excellent, if not at top speed.
 
Dawn of the final day
The asshole floor guys "should" be done today
They lost half a day because their van broke down, and one of the crew quit so it was down to two guys
Their work has been excellent so far otherwise I would have bounced the dumbasses already
They did manage to get my office done, so I was able to put my stereo together last night which took some of the edge off my anger
So my weekend will be spent re-assembling/cleaning the rest of my house
fun!
Pics shithead
 
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Speaking of music syncing with stuff, I heard that In A Gadda Da Vida syncs with The Battle of Midway.

It’s on Netflix and I may try it later since the sound is so bad it’s unwatchable.
 
Oh yeah, you trust other people with your data. I forgot.

MyQ has an openhab binding, but I only have that open on my local network, since I don't need Jimmy the Russian to be fadoodling with my light switches over the internet.

Jimmy the russian doesnt give a shit about your light switches. You're not that important
 
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