Well, the ongoing saga of the house spruce-up and Appraisal. Power tools are just that: they have power!
So I was working on our patio, cutting the odd bits of wood we needed to complete the project.
I'd clamped these bits of wood to our patio table, so I could get a square, clean cut.
Realize that this is a BIG patio table. Worse: it was glass-topped.
Radial-saw in hand, I tore into a long-ish piece of plywood. Initially, there was a bit of resistance. Then, it glided straight ahead. Glided ahead to the...
CRASHING SOUND OF GLASS! I watched as the entire glass top fell to a pile of broken chunky glass-bits, all over the patio.
Next, I had to walk back into the house, and explain this noise to my wife/partner. Sheesh.
"Honey, I just killed the Patio Table."
Ow.
Now... if I'd just moved that plywood plank about 3-inches over the left edge of the table, there would have been no problem. None whatsoever. Sheesh.
I remember a quote from an old Clint Eastwood movie: "A man's GOT to know his limitations."
On a recent afternoon, I learned mine. Yes I did.
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