Its been a bad day........

[Nomoemuny]

This is one of those days that makes me want to stop making knives. First I was putting a final polish on an handle when I got careless with the buffer and it threw the thing halfway across the shop and broke about 3/4 of an inch off the tip of the blade. No way to fix that one. So I brushed myself off and started another one. Had it ground and was heat treating it and when I quenched it I pulled it out of the brine and POW! cracked right in two. :barf: . So I cursed a little and started again. Finally after a full day in the shop, a day that I have been looking forward to for a week, I finished a blade at 8:30. Ive had failures before but usually they are spread out a little more. Oh well, next week I'll be at it again. But I did learn alot. First you must respect the buffer 'cause that little bundle of cotton bites back :grumpy: . Second if its 40 degrees outside and your brine is the same temp. warm it up before you quench . Lessons learned.

 

[paintfool]

I have days like this more often than not....
with me I think it's when I have too much on my mind and I can't keep my mind on what I'm doing, yesterday I was sanding one of my blades and I left the tip a little sharp after grinding, my mind started to think about something else, the next thing I know I have a blade stuck in the tip of my thumb and all the little sanding grits with it.....
if that wasn't bad enough, I did it again!!! not more than 10 minutes later!

so I came up with some new ways to curse, went and got a coffee and chilled for an hour....

after that I went down and got another 4 hours in without a hitch.

I'm like you, I can't do this stuff all the time, so when I get my chance I get excited to start working, that's probably half of my problem.

my damn thumb is some sore this morning too :footinmou

anyway, better luck next time!
Cheers, Steve.

 

[Will52100]

Yup, been there, and continue to go there! Some times I just have to leave it alone for a little while and chill out.

 

[Ansoknives]

ya...days like this happend..sometimes everything you touch turns to ****....happens to everybody.....sometimes the best thing to do is just call it quits and go grab a beer..

 

[John Andrews]

Nomo, you had a day that was bad for sure, sorry to say. When my luck turns for the worse in the shop, I shut her down and give it up for the day. If I don't, it just gets worse. I'm glad you didn't get bit when that buffer did the nasty.

 

[ddavelarsen]

John's got it right. I'm glad you weren't injured, that buffer has all my respect. When I start having a bad shop day I too just shut it down and go be a nice guy to my wife. At my age I start getting tired sooner than I used to, so I seldom put in a full day anymore. I'm much more prone to doing dumb stuff when I'm tired, and I do too little work as it is to have any of it wasted!