cheherzad Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Since Ive been working mornings and evenings this week, my time for "playing dollhouse" has been very limited. I've been putting up a wall or partition per day. Last weekend I copied all the directions onto color sheets, hole punched and put them into a binder for great organization. Everything was going great guns and I had begun to get quite a stiff neck from patting myself on the back. Then the second floor was ready to be "tacked" after "sliding in at a very steep angle without attaching to any part of the front." Okay, the hip bone is connected to the... You get the picture. Unfortunately the plans didn't have a picture of the "steep angle". I gingerly pushed it in, then shoved a bit harder, then pounded with my hammer. The thought crossed my mind (albiet briefly) that I could hop up on it and jump up and down, but by this time the awful sound of splintering began to come to my attention. I ceased and desisted, but sadly too late. I had undone my hard work of glueing and torn off part of a doorway. Mentally I pictured the steps to the trash barrel, but counted to ten instead and took deep breaths. I reglued, weighted, and set it to dry. Now I will sand the difficult parts some more and begin fresh tomorrow. With a lighter touch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalygirl Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Oh Cheryl, I feel your pain! I don't think there is any dollhouse-related sound that I hate more than that oh-so-ominous "crrrrrraaccccccccck". I'm glad you were able to step away before any further destruction took place...as good as it felt in the moment, you probably would have regretted it in the morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I vaguely recall that "steep angle" caused the air in my workroom to resemble the bottom of an inkwell... No cracking, and I wound up doing it TWICE; once for the "dry fit and then again when I assembled it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corwin Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 ouch. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4miniloves Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 walk softly but carry a big stick.... hmmmm... I have had dreams like this with a big hammer and my spring fling... I still need to take pics.... so I am ignoring it till I get that image out of my head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChildhoodRevisited Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Actually, I almost had a disaster last weekend. My daughter and her dog, (boxer-pointer mix - about 80 lbs) came over. I wanted to show her my progress so put it on the table and plugged it in for her to see the lights. The dog walked through the cord. :thumbup: Thank god he only pulled it out (bent prongs) but didn't pull the whole doll house onto the floor. I think I would have cried! (and I am not a crier type). I was able to fix the prongs so the lights still work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corwin Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Yikes. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sommerstern7 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Close Call! :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyJudi Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I remember that steep angle on the Glencroft. I seem to have angles like that in all of my builds. Hammer... :thumbup: ...my tool of choice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathi17 Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 I had that cracking sound, and sinking feeling last week when I was working on my Linfield. Sometimes when things just don't seem to go together right, it's really easy just to yank something off. It's not a good idea! (In my case, it was the whole roof)!!! Luckily I didn't destroy anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Sigh/......the sound of cracking scares me......LOL And having a broken anything in a Glencroft is very very very sad..... Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesterfieldzoo Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 A hammer!! Gasp. That is a builder friend of ours' solution to a lot of things that don't fit quite right. I grab it away from him and say 'bad builder'. I don't think I ever used a hammer on a dollhouse unless it was for a nail. Poor house. Did it glue up ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheherzad Posted May 19, 2008 Author Share Posted May 19, 2008 It is so comforting reading all the replies. Ironically I got this house to practice for a big house like the Beacon Hill. Ha, ha. I bought it second hand on Ebay. The pieces were all there, but the instructions have left something to be desired. They are bug eaten and in some cases unreadable. I took them to a copy shop thinking they would come up darker, and they did. But if something isn't there, the copy shop won't magically make it appear. I divided all the letters into separate sheets to simplify. Then I read them over about a zillion times. Good news, the second floor is on. Splintering wood has been repaired. Great lesson learned: Never rely on what makes sense over what directions say. I glued in two second floor front walls which seemed to be quite resonable. What wasn't reasonable was the huge gap of space between them. Consulting the diagram, I saw to my dismay that they were in upside down! I quickly scrambled to unmask, deglue, and reassemble with no gap. Ah the relaxing art of dollhouse constructing... :popcorn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 BTDT with the Glencroft! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Minis Dollhouses Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 The hammer is the best tool you can have for building a dollhouse but you have to use it with caution or your house will become splinters. Ive always used a hammer on my builds but luckily havent had the crack noise yet. Ive graduated to rubber mallet though, just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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