Most stressful moments in my life:

1. Witnessing the births of my children
2. Gluing up woodworking projects
3. Combat in Syria

But actually, gluing is so goddamn stressful to me.

Leg #1, my golden boy, worked perfectly, the glue looked good, the toothpick went in with just the right amount of friction, just beautiful.

Then I go to do leg #3, the ugly-ass, stretch Armstrong looking motherfucker, and the toothpick snaps after it was already fully inserted into the leg. THEN, when I used a pliers to pull it out, the end just ripped off, so I ended up relying on the suction inherent in the joint and prayers.

I think it'll all turn out okay.

^this is #1, my golden boy

^top leg here is fuck-ass #3

Update: having taken the time to look at these pictures, I realize how horrifically uneven the tops of the legs are and I want to burn it. I did the gluing in a huge rush and it shows :[

Its looking great!

I really enjoy seeing the progress and your process, I'm sure its going to be absolutely loved when its done!

Most stressful moments in my life:

You live a blessed life. Namaste 🙏

+1 to glueups being stressful af. Especially when things shift while clamping

I relate a little too much to leg #3.

~He isn’t being difficult on purpose, and really is trying his best. 😥~

There's nothing for it, but to build it again, applying everything you learned building this practice model.

It's horrifically uneven, sure. But it's still wood and can still be shaped. (This literally is rocket science so precision may matter more than I could speculate.)

Honestly, I didn’t see the uneven legs until you pointed it out. There is a room for appreciation to have perfect wooden crafts, but we all know we can’t afford to invest millions of hours into it. This is why I made a lot of room for appreciation of any kind of manual woodwork, no matter how perfect it is. It was done by you, which makes it special and unique.

Are you aware that glue sticks better with pressure during the drying process? Hard to do with those legs right because of the shape. Just wanted to share an experience I have made in the past.

I see what is your problem: your rocket is upsidedown. Cheers!

Don't tempt me

I am aware of the, that's the point of the toothpicks, but it broke off in #3, so I just have to hope it'll be good enough

Use Goop adhesive, then the toothpicks won't even matter.

It cures enough to hold in about a minute, full strength overnight.

Completely removable, very strong. It's like thick rubber cement. Almost perfect for your use-case as it provides an easy failure mode.

I use this stuff on everything, it's the magic glue. I've reassembled laptops with it. Glued magnets to plastics. It holds my soundbar on my TV, a network switch to the back of the TV so it's out if the way.

I've even mounted hard drives to random places inside a PC with it - it's just that robust.

1. Do you know for sure that it works on wood?
2. If it's very strong, wouldn't the failure mode still be the leg breaking somewhere?
3. How is it removable?

Vaguely related, one of the reasons I love solid wood anything, furniture, toys, whatever, is that they're REPAIRABLE. If he snaps a leg off, no problem, i can just carve off the glue, sand it down, and slap a new one on, easy peasy

Yeah I know, I'm definitely gonna do some minor shaping with sandpaper before applying the finish

Still a pain in my ass

We could all use a bit of combat in Syria, namaste 🙏

Are you putting together the 00000 V2 rocket?

I don't understand the 00000, but the V-2 was a large part of the aesthetic inspiration

The Schwarzgerät?

The most important V2!

Interesting, never in my life would I have learned about that if you hadn't mentioned it, so thank you

It is kind of like the white whale in Moby Dick, mixed up with a lot of acid and interwoven into a Hansel and Gretel story. If that doesn't make sense I explained it properly.