We found this on American Woodworker's website and thought we would share with you because it was so true.
This was written by Edwin Hackleman and can be found at this link.
Murphy’s Law states if anything can go wrong, it will. I’m convinced that axiom applies to woodworking. Here are several examples I’ve experienced:
- The more expensive the wood, the more you will waste.
- When you drop a piece with freshly applied glue, it will land glue-side down
on a pile of dust and shavings.
- Every scrap piece will be 1/2 in. short of being useful.
- During glue-up, nothing lines up as well as it did during the dry fit.
- Router tear-out always occurs at the worst possible place and time.
- For every hour you spend woodworking, you spend two hours cleaning up.
- The phone only rings when you’re gluing or applying finish.
- You’ll always spot the area you forgot to varnish immediately after cleaning your brush.
- When you install butt hinges, at least one brass screw will break.
- A dropped tool always lands where it does the most harm.
- Staining highlights the grain … and all the blotches, scratches and glue spots.
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