Humilty, you are a bitch...

Today I decided to spend a few hours getting the finials on all of the corner posts.  Overall, things went really well.  I'm very happy with my progress of skills even from just 6 months ago.  Everytime I've overcome a challenge, I get a little bit better.  Having said that...

I once heard a story about safety and woodworking.  Woodworking is a fairly unsafe hobby.  Don't believe me?  Go to a woodworking convention and look for all the people with missing fingers or long scars on their hands and arms.  The funny thing about that?  Most woodworking injuries occur to experienced woodworkers.  With experience comes the ability to do stuff without thinking too much about it.

What does that have to do with me?  Take a look at the pictures below.  The one unfinished post has a bit of a problem.



I cut the thin post on the wrong side.  Sigh, 1 step forward, 2 steps back.  I will have to make a new post.  That will take probably about 2-3 hours total.  I have to make sure it is precisely that same as the others.