John Bonnett
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| posted on 28/6/06 at 11:22 AM |
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We never use the S word
When the job starts to go wrong, the hardest thing to do is to make the decision to start again and make a new piece rather than trying to rectify
something that it is clearly wrong and will come back and haunt you further down the line. Once that decision is made, the rest is easy.
However, we never use the word "Scrap" as the faulty part is just waiting for a smaller component to come along.
Can anyone else relate to this?
John
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peterriley2
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| posted on 28/6/06 at 11:57 AM |
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yeah definately true, the thing is whenever i think of starting again i start to think of the amount of time i took doing the original, and that ill
have to take that long again. obviously this wont be the case as id have the experience 2nd time round. oh well, brains are mysterious things!!!
Joel
If you dont respect yourself, dont expect respect from anyone else
Live your dreams, dont dream your life
Women only want you for one thing- everything!
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birdii
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| posted on 28/6/06 at 12:54 PM |
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Its horrible when you realise that there is no alternative but to go backwards by a couple of evenings work isn't it! Done the very thing this
week! I'm pleased i did now because the quality is so much better second time around! Oh well, thats what its all about!!!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 28/6/06 at 03:46 PM |
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That's one reason why my car took too long to build... make a part, say "that'll do", then look at it a few days later and say
"that doesn't look right".
Mind you, one of the hardest lessons I learnt was "when things just aren't going right, walk away and try again another time".
David
[Edited on 28/6/06 by David Jenkins]
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John Bonnett
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| posted on 28/6/06 at 04:49 PM |
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Walking away is absolutely the right thing to do, I know it and I'm sure everybody else does too but it is the hardest thing to do. I spent a
whole day trying to TIG weld a pair of aluminium radiator mounting brackets to a piece of flat sheet. I have always found T or fillet welds the
hardest and by the end of the day I had made and thrown away six brackets. All of them burnt through. I eventually gave up. Next day I made two more
and welded them with no trouble at all.
Queer isn't it?
John
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natehall
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| posted on 28/6/06 at 05:04 PM |
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My favorite one is when people refuse to pay for the right tool and "make do" with what they have
we have all done it - me recently whilst doing a TCA on my car - made do with a hammer and a crow bar to get it in place, rather than go for the
rather expensive ratchet strap - next time i do it (looking a matter of weeks on the other car  im going the whole hog and buying a ratchet strap
or the times when people have lifted engines without cranes, decided against that when my mate collapsed
why dont people buy/hire the proper tools! safety should be paramount!
If it aint broke, uprate it
if it is broke, uprate it
http://www.modders-uk.co.uk
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