There is little as an editor I dislike more than cutlists; I wish we could do away with them. No matter how many times and how many people check them, there are always cutlist errors. I always feel like a crap editor when readers point them out … as I should. (I offered to throw myself upon my mortise chisel this morning in shame, but thankfully, Chris dissuaded me.)
In “Smalls: 18 Well-designed, Easy Projects for an Afternoon in the Workshop,” we have two cutlists corrections: an addition and a deletion.
On the Pipe Box, which begins on page 63, we left out the shelf /divider between the top of the box and the drawer at the bottom. It is 3/8″ thick (though 1/4″ thick would work, too), 2-1/4″ wide and 3-1/4″ long. It is shown in the drawing though; hopefully, the cutlist omission won’t throw anyone off. (You do know to never blindly rely on cutlists…right?)
And on the Cat-ear Box, which begins on page 83, I added a x … for EXTREME CAT EARS, I guess. (I’d like to blame my cat Toby, who loves stepping on the keyboard while I’m working … but I did not work on this book at home, so I must take full and sole responsibility.)
– Fitz
I read the headline as “Cultists” and was very excited to read the blog
Autocorrect always changes cutlists to cultists…so it’s possible it does say that 😉
So did I! And I read the entire thing with the word ‘cultists’ in my head. I think it was better that way!
Me too!
Any recommendations for how to take the designs from the book and scale them to size? My first thought was scan it in the printer and try in a google docs
At home (assuming you don’t have a large photocopier), scanning at 100% and printing at 200% should work. And most photocopiers allow enlargement of whatever percent. The libraries here all have them available for patrons. But if that’s not an option and you don’t have a scanner, a copy center should be able to help.
Cut list are old fashion nonsense. Give the dimensions of the piece and let it go at that. We can figure it out as we go along.
A simple omission for one part will unlikely cause any waste, as opposed to wrong dimensions being printed.
The addition of an “x” may have contributed to a few furrowed brows and a few grey hairs, at worst.
So the mortise chisel seemed very harsh. A more befitting punishment would be standing (for the whole duration) under a pole-lathe while Roy Underhill turned TWO complete spindles for a rocking chair (one for each errata)