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Just spent 20 minutes sanding a piece I glued upside down
Was at my bench last Thursday working on a maple cabinet door and got in a rhythm (you know, the good kind). Grabbed the panel without checking which side had the grain going the right way, glued it in, and didn't notice until the sander hit the first coat. Has anyone else done something this dumb with a glue-up?
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the_simon11d ago
My buddy Dan did this exact same thing with a walnut nightstand he was building last spring. He had the legs clamped in place and spent a good hour getting everything perfect, only to realize he had the grain running opposite on the front panel. He actually set the sander down and just stared at it for a solid minute before calling me to vent. The kicker is he had to re-cut the whole panel because the glue was already set hard. He still brings it up every time we talk about building furniture.
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lee.drew11d ago
Gently calling him out on that walnut thing - that's a straight up woodworking rite of passage honestly. I've done nearly the same thing with cherry where I had the whole face frame glued up before noticing I had a bookmatch flipped wrong. Makes you want to throw the whole project in the fire for a second. But you know what they say, if you haven't made that mistake you haven't been doing this long enough.
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