I think that everyone who does crafts finds themselves in that position. Some nights everything moves right along. Other nights you quit early after deciding you’ve done enough damage for one night.
I could believe that the hammer is a homemade implement, but that chisel actually looks like a railroad spike. You don’t suppose … nah, it couldn’t be.
In the 90s I used to work part time at the local hardware store. One of my functions was window repair. I remember this one aluminum door window frame was in really bad shape but after struggling for about an hour I was able to get a new piece of glass installed. I just had to give the corner screw one more turn…CRACK! I was so POed I picked up a hammer and smashed the remaining glass into a million pieces. I still remember the look on one of the sales girls face when see came back to see what all the noise was about. We still laugh about it to this day.
This might sound strange, but I actually read all the comments to see how long it took for someone to point out that you do NOT make a stone wheel that way. No one made the comment, so I assume no one here ever had to make stone wheels— except me. I had to make a dozen for axe sharpening (thankfully someone else had to do the wooden frame and treadle assembly) and know that you NEVER use a chisel to produce a stone wheel.
Perfection is an unusual stop on the railway between today and the final terminal. Train almost never stops right at the platform. It either stops just short, so passengers have to choose to get off early and slog the rest of the way or forget it. Or it stops just past the platform, and riders have to decide to try to go back or go on from there. Frustration abounds.
Ok, I went over all the comments and can’t believe no one noticed this….but this is a ripoff from an earlier BC strip Hart made in the 60’s…..same thing, showing him slowly chipping away until the last little bit….then the last “tink” breaks it in half….he gets mad…but then has a inspiration and makes a rocking chair out of it.
Imagine about 4 years ago
Warranty expired.
TexTech about 4 years ago
Just be glad that wasn’t a multi-million dollar diamond.
wiatr about 4 years ago
I think that everyone who does crafts finds themselves in that position. Some nights everything moves right along. Other nights you quit early after deciding you’ve done enough damage for one night.
macky87 about 4 years ago
…and to think that if he would have left it alone, he would have invented the first studded tire. What a shame.
David Huie Green ForceIsAUsefulFiction about 4 years ago
Almost perfect up until then, though. Thereby showing the dangers of excessive perfectionism.
(I have to fight it daily, what with being so close to perfect myself.)
sousamannd about 4 years ago
I finally quit fighting my own perfection – now I live with it. Others have a tough time with it, though.
momofalex7 about 4 years ago
One “tink” too many.
the geeezer about 4 years ago
An old saying – " if it ain’t broke , don’t fix it "
Farside99 about 4 years ago
Must have had a hidden flaw. Good thing it didn’t break while he was riding it.
Troglodyte about 4 years ago
That’s what comes of overtinking things!
mrcooncat about 4 years ago
“Do you mind not being a MOTOR ???”
cubswin2016 about 4 years ago
On tink too many.
preacherman Premium Member about 4 years ago
One tink too many.
scote1379 Premium Member about 4 years ago
What about the Strawberries ?
HappyDog/ᵀʳʸ ᴮᵒᶻᵒ ⁴ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵘⁿ ᵒᶠ ᶦᵗ Premium Member about 4 years ago
I could believe that the hammer is a homemade implement, but that chisel actually looks like a railroad spike. You don’t suppose … nah, it couldn’t be.
sandpiper about 4 years ago
It was an imported rock
Nighthawks Premium Member about 4 years ago
annnnnd, man’s invention of the wheel is set back a few more hundred years.
Beaker about 4 years ago
Boy that’s me in every plumbing project. It’s the last little tweak that creates a leak.
mruch about 4 years ago
He over tinked it
Jeffin Premium Member about 4 years ago
Could have just made it a grocery cart wheel.
Doug Taylor Premium Member about 4 years ago
In the 90s I used to work part time at the local hardware store. One of my functions was window repair. I remember this one aluminum door window frame was in really bad shape but after struggling for about an hour I was able to get a new piece of glass installed. I just had to give the corner screw one more turn…CRACK! I was so POed I picked up a hammer and smashed the remaining glass into a million pieces. I still remember the look on one of the sales girls face when see came back to see what all the noise was about. We still laugh about it to this day.
dcdete. about 4 years ago
I see the mistake he did. It needed double the foofing time for the foof to take effect.
Zebrastripes about 4 years ago
That last strike was too much for the wheel to bear….sigh
rshive about 4 years ago
The best laid plans ….
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 4 years ago
Yup. This is a good example of when quality control gets is right and wrong at exactly the same time.
joefearsnothing about 4 years ago
One of the hardest things to learn in oil painting is “when to stop”!
xsintricks about 4 years ago
“I told you not to tinker with that!”
Homer J about 4 years ago
A tink too far.
jpayne4040 about 4 years ago
You got to know when to stop!
jpayne4040 about 4 years ago
LOL! The story of my life!
GoComicsGo! about 4 years ago
Yep, there’s always that one just not enough and one one too many isn’t there?
Mordock999 Premium Member about 4 years ago
And that is what you get for buying Firestones.
zeexenon about 4 years ago
His seed went on to be diamond cutters who invented baguette cut.
colcam about 4 years ago
This might sound strange, but I actually read all the comments to see how long it took for someone to point out that you do NOT make a stone wheel that way. No one made the comment, so I assume no one here ever had to make stone wheels— except me. I had to make a dozen for axe sharpening (thankfully someone else had to do the wooden frame and treadle assembly) and know that you NEVER use a chisel to produce a stone wheel.
NEVER.
hg6it21 about 4 years ago
Can you imagine Michelangelo having that problem with his “David” or the “Pietà”?
Prawnclaw about 4 years ago
I’m a joiner (UK), a carpenter (USA), and a perfectionist in my work,, wish I was not as it it can be very time consuming and tedious.
DaveG1960 about 4 years ago
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 4 years ago
A bigger Hammer isn’t always the best answer to a problem.
WDD about 4 years ago
I will never attempt to carve precious gems from their source stones.
sandpiper about 4 years ago
Perfection is an unusual stop on the railway between today and the final terminal. Train almost never stops right at the platform. It either stops just short, so passengers have to choose to get off early and slog the rest of the way or forget it. Or it stops just past the platform, and riders have to decide to try to go back or go on from there. Frustration abounds.
Dr_Zinj about 4 years ago
There’s a point where you stop chiseling, and start grinding.
montylc2001 about 4 years ago
Ok, I went over all the comments and can’t believe no one noticed this….but this is a ripoff from an earlier BC strip Hart made in the 60’s…..same thing, showing him slowly chipping away until the last little bit….then the last “tink” breaks it in half….he gets mad…but then has a inspiration and makes a rocking chair out of it.
coffeemugman about 4 years ago
May you fail in a spectacular fashion in public…