swordmage: (crap)
Willa ([personal profile] swordmage) wrote2008-10-22 10:55 am
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Blarg!

Destroyed two hours of work in five minutes with a band saw in class today. Am pissed I didn't see the issue beforehand (but at least Jim and I agreed it was needed).

Need to study more for GREs.

I have a splitting headache and am feeling quite out of it.

And would someone please explain why, in all hells, I've been sick more times this semester than at any point since I came out here?
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[identity profile] raventhourne.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Power tools...the way to screw up your project even faster!

That is why the first few times I do anything I use hand tools.

Sorry hun! This too shall pass

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[identity profile] swordmage.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Mercifully, the destruction was intentional. that does not lessen the annoyance that it had to happen. Several hours of nice work with a file gone.

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[identity profile] raventhourne.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
ah...gotcha. But the addage still applies..I'm all about the handtools.

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[identity profile] swordmage.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I find myself loving the big ole files more and more. I feel like I've got more control with them.

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[identity profile] raventhourne.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
you do with handtools...one pass removes much smaller amounts of material than a power tool.

When I did my first ear scoop I used all handtools..completely...it took me forever but it was good because I now know how bone works and what you can and can not do to force it into shape. So nice.

Power tools?

[identity profile] reynier.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Part of me wants to justify using power tools (1/2" industrial hand-drill + diamond-crusted metal saw = incomparable batch of awesome), but I know, deep down in my leatherworking heart, that Ianuk's got it right.

As for the illness, blame Fred.

Re: Power tools?

[identity profile] swordmage.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the wooden part of a sculpture for class. Due on the 3rd. There was no way I was going to get the basic form done without them. That happened was that the wood wasn't doing what I wanted, and getting it that way with hand tools would have been a nightmare.

So five minutes on the band saw, followed by an hour and a half with a file yielded something usable.

Fred is innocent.

[identity profile] elinor-dear.livejournal.com 2008-10-23 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ah the joys of art. Sorry, hon.
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