Argh mega frustration!!

[HHazeldean]

So in my area there is very little birch, and I finally managed to get hold of a small log, about 5 inches thick and a metre long or so.. I'd already done a bit with it, and decided I wanted a half decent project so decided on a ladle. I used about half of what was left with it, so a fair old amount too.. Was nearing the finish of the work with the billhook, a few final finishing cuts when the entire thing snapped at the join of the neck and the bowl!! Mega frustrating after all the work put in, especially since I never get the chance to carve birch! Just wanted to vent my frustration here..

What super frustrating things have happened to you guys along similar lines?

Cheers, Harry

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[Two Socks]

Sorry to hear that. Very frustrating to have stuff go wrong. I`ve snapped some (read: many) spoons in half while carving. One of the more frustrating things that happened to me was when I was trying to make a knife sheath. I cut over the wrong line I drew without much thought and cut the thing in half. Stupid of me, but still frustrating. I guess it is all part of making things though. We screw up, learn from it and then screw up a little bit less on the next try.

 

[spandit]

I'm in your area & there's loads of birch. Do you need more?

 

[Stew]

That must have been very frustrating! If it was easy it wouldn't be nearly as satisfying though now would it.

 

[John Fenna]

I have wrecked my fair share of projects - it is always frustrating but also a learning point!

 

[Shewie]

I've got a kuksa which somebody made for me a good few years ago, after fettling with it recently I finally got round to using it. The first brew I made opened up a couple of nasty cracks and spilt coffee all over the worktop in the kitchen.

 

[Clouston98]

I split a sycamore kuksa blank in half when I was nearly done with the axe . Wasn't too big a blow because it was fairly rubbish anyway.

It is frustrating when it happens though!

 

[Hugo]

I'm in your area & there's loads of birch. Do you need more?

How kind of you Robin.

 

[Harvestman]

I turned a bowl I was tremendously proud of. Then it split horribly, just as I was finishing it.

 

[andyn]

The important thing, once the frustration is over, is what you learn from it all.

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[HHazeldean]

I'm in your area & there's loads of birch. Do you need more?

Well if that would be at all possible then that'd be awesome! I'm always amazed at the generosity of people on this forum! In my locality there just seems to be barely any...

 

[Stringmaker]

I always stop any roughing out with an axe very early. I am getting better with my axe control but my accuracy isn't brilliant so I stop and get the knife out working on a block.

I've split a good few spoon bowls because I wasn't precise enough with my stop cuts but that is usually at the beginning of a project so less upsetting.

With my birch sporks I nearly ruined one of them by splitting a tine off but managed to salvage it. Once you've made a mistake a couple of times then you can learn from it and not do it again!

 

[HHazeldean]

Once you've made a mistake a couple of times then you can learn from it and not do it again!

Yeah thats what I'm hoping, its all just part of the learning process!

 

[dwardo]

I have had over 40 hours invested in a bow and had it fail after 50 arrows....... More times than I wish to remember. Last week infact
More often than not I have about 10 hours invested and it shows signs of failure before it even has a chance of being a bow.