Step Four: The First Cut Don't Hurt At All

Well, At this point I was going to be congratulating myself on how controlled everything was. I'd have measured and marked and was ready to get going, but at a steady, grown-up speed. It was going to be lovely, and hopefully the whole build would be over in about a week - tops - with a minimum of stress and confusion. Not that there is really a rush, apart from that the first CBG meet in the UK was happening in October, and I would have liked to go with something I'd built myself. However bad it may have turned out.

Needless to say, life wasn't going to be that simple, and a week or two of Swine Flu around here had meant that I've not been able to get cracking. Kids at home while you are trying to saw or drill, isn't much of a runner and a bit of peace to think is a no-no. It had basically been bedlam and every time I'd even looked at my pile of CBG pieces I've been greeted by tears, coughing or violence. (That'll be the three-year-old.).

Anyway, after a lifetime in the seven circles, I must admit that morning I just though 'sod it', gave up on the idea of control and a Steady Eddie pace and grabbed myself a  little saw and went for it on the box. (Heh Erik, where you going with that saw in your hand?)

Da-doo-da-doo-dooo.

Needless to say, this wasn't wise, and despite instantly regretting it, I carried on anyway, which was even more not-very-wise. Well, to be honest it was good to be doing something, but leaning on an ironing board, kids running around my legs and me unable to find my glasses meant that I made a complete mess of it. Don't think any of the 'lines' I cut were true and although the neck dropped in most of the way, there were a couple of gaps around the edges as my nicely drawn-on and coloured-in rectangles ended up cut with 45 degree angles on either side.

Dumb dumb & a bit more dumb, but there we are. Sometimes you just go for these things and repent leisurely.

I guess I can fill the gaps somehow, and if I can find my file I'll at least be able to level things off so they don't look ridiculous, and to be honest it is a first attempt and I'll make sure it looks OK in the end...but, I can't say I'm happy.

I let meself down, I let me family down, I let you all down and basically, it was pure dumb.

Lesson One - Don't rush, and make sure you have plenty of time and peace and quiet to work. Even when you haven't.

Bugger.

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Having calmed down, and found a file, I had a few quiet minutes filing the holes so that they are squared off. As they weren't deep enough for the neck to fit flush with the top of the lid, I've filed them down so that it does.

Calm.

I almost feel zen-like now.
Just wish I hadn't given up smoking.