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   Montanaman | Oct 15, 2009 09:58pm | #1

   A "nest of lawyers"?  I thought they traveled in packs and lived in dens.

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   wotnow | Oct 15, 2009 10:22pm | #2

   Probably as in 'nest of snakes'. They have a varied habitat, in water sharks won't touch them - professional courtesy.

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   Montanaman | Oct 15, 2009 10:41pm | #3

   But will they touch sharks?

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   wotnow | Oct 16, 2009 12:00am | #4

   Only if there is a buck to be made. Iffen I was a shark I'd be careful, I believe sharkfin is expensive.

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   mike4244 | Oct 16, 2009 12:07am | #5

   I had just finished installing a kitchen countertop in a small kitchen. The plumber set his bucket of tools on a piece of cardboard on the top. A wrench fell out of the bucket and put a dent in the laminate. This was not anything you could fix with seam filler.

   I made a template for a router and glued in a silver dollar,the old type not the Susan B Anthony type. A dab of varnish keeps it from tarnishing. The plumber and the homeowner came to a financial agreement I understand.Would have been nice to have gotten something extra from the plumber for my work.

   mike

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   Eef | Oct 16, 2009 12:55am | #6

   mike,
   a silver dollar dutchman and a monument to, memorial of someone's error, all in one. good story.
   eef

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   wotnow | Oct 16, 2009 01:39am | #7

   Had a similar problem, electrician dropped his 18v electric drill while installing spots over a laminated solid timber benchtop. It landed drill bit first (thanks Mr Murphy) and dug a deep gouge into the timber. As it was to be a gloss finish any patching would stand out like the proverbial.I routered a 1/4" deep trench the width of the timber board used in the laminate (luckily the benchtop was laminated using random lengths), inserted and glued a piece cut to size, sanded flat and when finished no one knew. The poor old electrician had been expecting to have to replace the whole benchtop and it was worth a couple of freebies to me.

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   islanddog | Oct 16, 2009 06:07pm | #8

   "laminated solid timber" What's this stuff? Do you get it where they sell "solid particleboard?"

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   wotnow | Oct 16, 2009 06:24pm | #10

   Usually a bench top made up from selected species of timber (hardwoods mostly). 2x1s or 2x2s in random lengths with shot ends, laminated together with epoxy cement to form a 2" thick solid timber board, 2ft or more wide. They can look beautiful when polished. Also used to make beams of incredible strength for exposed beam work. Don't know where you get it the US. The ones I use are manufactured in Australia.CheersBruce

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   wotnow | Oct 16, 2009 06:31pm | #11

   IslanddogCheck out this websitehttp://www.spec-net.com.au/company/dgi.htmBruce

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   doorboy | Oct 16, 2009 06:18pm | #9

   I often fret over my own projects--furniture for myself and family. I don't think I have built a piece yet that doesn't have some sort of 'coverup' on it somewhere.
   I don't feel so bad, however, after touring Frank Lloyd Wright's own house and studio in Oak Park recently. In the dining room is a large built-in mirror that has wood trim around it. The trim was cut 1/2 inch too short. To solve the problem?--1/4 inch patches on each corner, mitered and fitted. They weren't too interested in matching the grain either.
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   Eef | Oct 16, 2009 11:44pm | #12

   door,f.l. wright, the man with the leaky roofs...same for me, nothing has ever left my shop without some kind of fix, patch or band-aide. that is sort of the point of this thread, how we grow, improve and learn by how well our mistakes are remedied.
   eef

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   Tinkerer3 | Oct 17, 2009 05:36am | #13

   I once mounted a new exterior door in an apartment - college students.  It was mounted perfectly in my book.  At least it was the best one I've ever mounted.  When the kids left some five months later I replaced the door with another new one and didn't do nearly as good a job.  Oooh, college student rentals!