I was one cut away from greatness.
Then I made two more passes.
Then I made two more passes.
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I once heard a wise old woodturner say:
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You won't find any evidence of failures in my shop..... That is part of why I have a wood stove!
robo hippy
robo hippy
You can just sand that out.
That's me!
My 92 year old turning mentor says that when your tool gets dull, you just push harder.
when your tool is dull-make up for it by using bad technique.
The cheaper tool is not the best deal.
You never know when the world is going to end, so eat dessert first.
You never know when the world is going to end, so eat dessert first.
There's no crying in woodturning!
Odie
Panning for Montana gold, with Betsy, the mule!
As far as I know, the idiom "stop and smell the roses" hasn't been applied to woodturning.....but in a certain way, it really does.
Take your time, and don't worry about getting it done fast. If you do this, you'll find that the learning/remembering process is accentuated in a particularly beneficial way.
On my wall is the note: "Embrace the art of puttering"......and, that little note has taken on a real significance for me in recent times.
-o-
Take your time, and don't worry about getting it done fast. If you do this, you'll find that the learning/remembering process is accentuated in a particularly beneficial way.
On my wall is the note: "Embrace the art of puttering"......and, that little note has taken on a real significance for me in recent times.
-o-
"I an an adult, I can eat dessert first if I want to!" Mom always told me that if I ate dessert first it would ruin my appetite. Not true at all!
robo hippy
robo hippy
Roger Wiegand
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Related to the best coaching on skiing I ever got-- "If you're not falling down you're not skiing hard enough"
You can't make the inside larger than the outside.
doesn’t stop me from occasionally trying.
Not if you confine yourself to working in only 3 dimensions
