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Post by chils on Apr 14, 2020 20:27:03 GMT -6
1. Make a handle in the shape of a bat. B. Print out the long email and wrap it around the bat 3. Find out where he lives D. Drive over there and hit him in the head with it LOL. My isolation boredom made me drive over to a big box store and pick up a 1" x 4" x 6' piece of Poplar that I'm going to use. I'm not going to sweat this... if it works, great, if not, great. If I make them and he doesn't really like them and never asks me to do it again, great. Also, one of our big box stores here is Menards (regional?) and it turned out to be a good score there... soda, snacks, coffee, tissue, paper plates, napkins, paper towels, etc. I felt like a thief. All of the Targets, Walmarts and grocery stores have been out of this stuff here. Man I love Menards. We have one 2hrs away near Branson, MO and make a day of it occasionally.
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Post by Hines on Apr 16, 2020 22:15:44 GMT -6
I attempted making a bat beer tap. Lexington bat co sells odd sized blanks form their bat making business. It was sweeet wood. It felt like I was turning butter on the lathe and shaping with a hot knife.
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Post by zymot on Apr 17, 2020 5:31:36 GMT -6
tomyz rule in life, be weary of doing favors for strangers. This is an example of give them an inch, they will take a foot. Lay down the law. Tell him you are prepared to honor the deal, but his choices are limited to what he saw in the original samples.
Or just flat out withdraw your offer to help. I can see this guy complaining about any imperfections. Since he paid for them, he might feel entitled to defective exchange.
Call me a cynical bastard, but there a guy has PITA written all over him.
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Post by chils on Apr 17, 2020 6:13:41 GMT -6
tomyz rule in life, be weary of doing favors for strangers. This is an example of give them an inch, they will take a foot. Lay down the law. Tell him you are prepared to honor the deal, but his choices are limited to what he saw in the original samples. Or just flat out withdraw your offer to help. I can see this guy complaining about any imperfections. Since he paid for them, he might feel entitled to defective exchange. Call me a cynical bastard, but there a guy has PITA written all over him. Yep. When people find out I was a mechanic for 20 yrs they want me to work on their junk thinking they can get it done for nothing. They don't even want to pay for the parts much less pay for labor. I always say no.
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Post by jimdkc on Apr 17, 2020 7:12:46 GMT -6
tomyz rule in life, be weary of doing favors for strangers. This is an example of give them an inch, they will take a foot. Lay down the law. Tell him you are prepared to honor the deal, but his choices are limited to what he saw in the original samples. Or just flat out withdraw your offer to help. I can see this guy complaining about any imperfections. Since he paid for them, he might feel entitled to defective exchange. Call me a cynical bastard, but there a guy has PITA written all over him. No good deed goes unpunished...
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Post by zymot on Apr 17, 2020 7:39:19 GMT -6
I worked for a major international electronics company. They had a "store" where employees could buy company products at wholesale. I allowed a friend of the family to stop by and choose a couple items. Some time, a month or so later, th guy calls me up wanting to do more shopping. I reluctantly said OK. He shows up later that day with 2 or 3 of his coworkers in tow. I was not happy. The store moderate sized room and these guys were making a scene.
The friend of the family also worked for a large international electronics company, when I asked about a reciprocal favor, getting something from his company, he told me no way.
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Post by Ken on Apr 17, 2020 7:54:27 GMT -6
The guy's tap handle order is now for 9 handles. It was originally 4. He gives me an image and I create a logo and he says "COOL! But could you do this...". Then for no apparent reason he sends me a new image, "How about this?". But we're already working with an image, dude. I have a piece of 1" x 4" x 6' Poplar and if I make each handle 8" high I can get 9 tap handles out of this one piece but that suggests NO WASTE which is highly questionable. The shape he wants is also a little more complicated than I would ordinarily do. I'm going to take a swing at cutting one tomorrow and if it's not working I'm just going to tell him that the shape does not work. He must think I have an ass-kicking wood shop, which I don't.
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Post by neddles on Apr 17, 2020 11:06:20 GMT -6
You are way to nice. I would have moved on a loooong time ago.
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Post by Ken on Apr 17, 2020 11:15:49 GMT -6
You are way to nice. I would have moved on a loooong time ago. Mmm, I hear you. I will take a whack at this over the weekend and the whole project will be on a short leash. If it looks like I can't make what he wants, I will save the materials for my own use and tell him that he has the wrong guy.
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Post by chils on Apr 17, 2020 11:36:51 GMT -6
You are way to nice. I would have moved on a loooong time ago. Mmm, I hear you. I will take a whack at this over the weekend and the whole project will be on a short leash. If it looks like I can't make what he wants, I will save the materials for my own use and tell him that he has the wrong guy. Lord help ya on this deal Ken. I fear he's gonna get them and want to send them back because be changed his mind again.
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Post by Ken on Apr 17, 2020 11:42:56 GMT -6
Mmm, I hear you. I will take a whack at this over the weekend and the whole project will be on a short leash. If it looks like I can't make what he wants, I will save the materials for my own use and tell him that he has the wrong guy. Lord help ya on this deal Ken. I fear he's gonna get them and want to send them back because be changed his mind again. Once I start making them, I will send him an email and tell him that we're full speed ahead. If for some reason he's not happy or decides not to pay me, I will haunt him for the rest of his days.
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Post by bigbossman on Apr 17, 2020 13:04:36 GMT -6
Money up front. No refunds!
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Post by Ken on Apr 19, 2020 15:09:58 GMT -6
I wiggled off the hook. I just told the guy that he would be better served by a place that could make him nicer and more repeatable handles. He said he would look and he thanked me. Hooray.
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Post by chils on Apr 19, 2020 15:57:18 GMT -6
I wiggled off the hook. I just told the guy that he would be better served by a place that could make him nicer and more repeatable handles. He said he would look and he thanked me. Hooray. Smart move Ken. That guy would have your life miserable. Nothing would have been good enough or he would have "changed his mind" halfway through you making them.
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Post by Ken on Apr 19, 2020 16:03:41 GMT -6
I wiggled off the hook. I just told the guy that he would be better served by a place that could make him nicer and more repeatable handles. He said he would look and he thanked me. Hooray. Smart move Ken. That guy would have your life miserable. Nothing would have been good enough or he would have "changed his mind" halfway through you making them. The funny part is that some people on AHA linked to some very nice tap handles (much nicer than mine... much, much nicer) and about the same price. These were wooden handles with the custom text added to the wood with a router. Very attractive. But he kept saying that he liked mine... but then he came up with his own design! I have no trouble doing things like this but not if someone is going to be overly critical or demanding. Now I can use the materials for myself. Cheers.
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