Checkering, post refinish....
Added 2021-10-26 20:57:02 +0000 UTCThe party that sanded and oiled this stock did a beautiful job. Right up until he pulled out a checkering tool........
This is a very high grade Superposed, engraved, 32 line per inch checkering. As is normal during any correctly sanded refinish, the edges of the checkering pattern were damaged and needed a clean up to remove this damage and accumulated finish. The fun starts here and continues to photo 2. There is a black pencil line drawn across the upper third of the pattern, as viewed from the master line plane. I did this to illustrate an optical illusion that screws with the eyes, and it has to do with the Z axis.
What we are really doing here is placing 2 dimensional art, on a 3 dimensional surface. Photo 3, we see the same line, from 45 degrees off of the axis in the first photo. The same line appears to be bent in several directions. Attempting to straighten this line when viewed from THIS angle will result in a mess. So much so, that the completed job was put out to the customer with the mistakes sanded off.
It gets worse. The single border seen here is actually mullered elsewhere, and left the bounds of the available pattern confines. Yikes.
Photo 4 is after the cleanup. Had to chase the other side (same border attempt), as well as the entire fore end, just to make it all match. In all, what should have been a 45 minute post finish cleanup turned into 6+ hours of work, and a pissed off customer.
mark
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Yes. I'm the third guy on the match
2021-10-27 16:09:48 +0000 UTCAwesome work Mark.... I'll stick to the metal work and start sending you my wood jobs.. ok? Oh and if you ever need anything hardness tested, don't forget to give me a buzz. My Wilson 3JR is willing and ready...
Robert Hanlin
2021-10-27 06:32:49 +0000 UTCGreat Job Mark!
Jeremy
2021-10-27 03:54:08 +0000 UTCThey should be happy that you even worked on it.
Ron Johnson
2021-10-26 22:45:19 +0000 UTCI trust the pissed off customer wasn't pissed at you, Mark, but at the person that screwed it up in the first place.
Michael Cox
2021-10-26 22:37:51 +0000 UTCDo you have a “wall of shame” for customers that you won’t work with again?
2021-10-26 22:29:43 +0000 UTCNot all gorgeous diamonds are made of carbon. Good work takes time, shame on the PO'd customer.
Eugene Luder
2021-10-26 21:33:37 +0000 UTCYou have way more patience than me.
Thomas E Holmes
2021-10-26 21:19:22 +0000 UTCBeautiful work Mark......as usual. That's an art I'm afraid I'll never have the patience to learn.
Paul Berkland
2021-10-26 21:19:21 +0000 UTC
