[TheForge] Big mistake

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Nice save Bob. 

Bob Schade
Peterson, MN
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>Well after I finished putting a railing together today I discovered that I
>had put the bottom horizontal bar in upside down.  What a sinking fealing.
>Once I came to grips with the idea that I had really screwed up, I had to
>fix it.  The railing is made up of balisters that are in a genreal "S" shape
>with a square tennon on top and a round tennon on the bottom.  So I have a
>lot of work invested in this railing, and wanted to salvage as much as I
>could.
>
>At first I thought that I could grind the expanded part of the rivoted
>tennon off and drive the bar off what was left. Well that didn't work
>because the tennons had expanded to fill the holes and the chamfer, and even
>though I tried to be carefull I had made a lot of grinder marks on the bar.
>So with a cut off wheel in the angle grinder I cut the bar on either side of
>each tennon and broke it off piece by piece.  I then laid the railing on the
>floor and re-swaged each tennon using a torch and my spring tennon swage. I
>then made a new bottom bar, reassembled the railing and rerivoted all the
>tennons.  The heads weren't as large as originally but got the job done and
>looked pretty good.  So instead of having all afternoon to make adjustments
>and get the first coat of paint on, it took me until 6:30 to get back to
>where I thought I was at 1:00. I'm glad I was able to save it but hated
>wasting my whole afternoon on it.
>
>I will be a lot more carefull next time before rivoting the tennons.
>
>Bob Ehrenberger
>Shelbyville, Mo
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