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Two questions<\/strong> developed as I was working on a standing cabinet of my design.<\/p>\n One:<\/strong> Am I likely to be pleased and happy with the final result?<\/p>\n Two:<\/strong> Have I significantly learned from the process so far?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Answer to the first question: No.<\/strong> But why?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The solid walnut was excellent, though the walnut veneer did not quite blend with it as I hoped. The other veneers were quite nice, especially the bubinga.<\/p>\n However, the structural<\/strong> function was better than the actual beauty<\/strong> – the art<\/strong> – that I really wanted. Maybe no one else would really see it my way, or even care, but only my name would be on the tiny nameplate inside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As work progressed past the half-way point, I began to fell that I really would not want to see this in the family member owner\u2019s home. I also found that they could spend not a lot of money on a fully functional and attractive manufactured cabinet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I wish that early on I had changed some key elements but there was no way to go back. It simply would not turn out at the level that I wanted. It would only be \u201cgood.\u201d That is not what I realistically wanted.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n As for the second question<\/strong>: did I learn<\/strong> a lot from this? Yes, very much. I especially advanced my veneering skills though I had more to learn about integrating it. I also succeeded in a clever and difficult large area of dowel joinery. Correcting various errors went well with some new tricks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n So, I was actually happier<\/strong> after junking the project than I had been in the building stage to which I had progressed. It has been a long time since I last junked a project at this far along.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I would like to avoid this in the future! Yet, that is what woodworking skill and effort can bring. I actually feel better<\/strong> not having completed it than if I did. High personal standards, I guess. I learned a lot<\/strong> from it in multiple ways!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This was not a sale. If that was involved, matters would require different moves. I did lose some money on wood and some time in the shop but it is all fine.<\/p>\n I am happily on to the next project!\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Readers,<\/strong> those are my thoughts to share. I guess you have been there too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two questions developed as I was working on a standing cabinet of my design. One: Am I likely to be pleased and happy with the final result? Two: Have I significantly learned from the process so far?\u00a0 Answer to the first question: No. But why?\u00a0 The solid walnut was excellent, though the walnut veneer did […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8956"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8987,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8956\/revisions\/8987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}