Woodworker's Journal 1984-8-1, страница 5

Shoptalk

Murphy's Law

Most of you are probably familiar with Murphy's Law which states that "Whatever can go wrong, probably will". I thought it would be fun to apply Murphy's Law to woodworking and came up with the following examples which I'm sure many readers can readily (and ruefully) relate to:

1. When you drop a mitered workpiece on the floor, it always lands on a corner.

2. It always rains when you've got to transport a newly finished piece of furniture.

3. When you need a 36 inch long piece of stock, the piece with the "perfect" grain is only 35 inches long.

4. A dropped chisel always lands on its cutting edge.

5. The telephone always rings just after you've begun a critical glue-up....andyou're home alone.

6. You're always one clamp short.

We Get Letters

As our circulation continues to grow, the volume of incoming mail rises proportionately and what started as a trickle has now become a torrent. There was a time when I took pleasure in personally answering all the mail addressed to me. I regret that this is no longer possible, although I do continue to read a/Hetters addressed to me.

To the increasing number of readers who have asked me for an index of projects from past issues, I can reply that an index is in the process of being compiled and we hope to have it ready later this year.

I've also been getting requests for binders for storage of back issues and this is another worthwhile item that we hope to make available as soon as possible. My thanks to all of you who have taken the time to offer suggestions.

At The Masthead

Dan Thornton is the latest person to join our staff and is now providing much needed help in the Art Department. Dan's a Technical Illustrator with considerable skill and experience in the often frustrating art of taking a piece of furniture and exploding it graphically to show how everything fits together....and all in two-point perspective, no less. In the middle of January we will be making our long-awaited move to the new building and Dan can then have his very own drawing board and a lot more room to stretch his long legs.

1984

It's a fresh new year and for those of us who read George Orwell's fantasy back in the 50's, 1984 will not be nearly as strange as we thought it would be. I wish all of you a year of peace, good health, and perfect fitting miter joints.

Jim McQuillan

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