Accidentally drop that piece of toast with jelly. The probability of landing jelly side down seems to be 0.9944.
And when a board is accidentally knocked out of the vise, what are the odds of it landing on a fragile corner?
Right: 0.9944!
That’s too much damage for the steam iron rescue. It took only a couple of hours to make a replacement. …and would have taken only a half-turn of the vise handle to prevent it in the first place.
Gratitude: extra cherry lumber and sharp planes
Other articles in this series…
- Regulator Clock – Done
- Regulator Clock – Woodworking completed
- Regulator Clock – Scratching the frames
- Regulator Clock – Door Hinged
- Regulator Clock – Case Dry Fitted
- Regulator Clock – Jelly Side Down
- Regulator Clock – Case Frames – 2
- Regulator Clock – Glass – 2
- Regulator Clock – Case Frames – 1
- Regulator Clock – The Works work
- Regulator Clock – Glass
- Regulator Clock – Tongue & Groove planes
- Regulator Clock – Completed Mouldings
- Regulator Clock – Stick Mouldings
- Regulator Clock – Plate Mouldings
- Regulator Clock – Egg and Dart Moulding
- Regulator Clock – Eat Dessert First
- Regulator Clock – original description
- Regulator Clock – Stock Prep
- Regulator Clock – Plans for Moldings
- Taming the Rabbet
in the case of butter, jelly, etc. the chance of it landing XX side down is directly proportional to the cost of the carpet/flooring it lands on.
So true Shannon! …or at least that’s the way it seems.
In woodworking, the direct proportion is to the amount of work already invested in the piece that falls.
When you are ordering rough cut lumber for a project this is one of the reasons you buy “extra” material!