Originally Posted by
Simon MacGowen
BULLSEYE.
The practice makes practice saying has misled so many people learning to do a task that many learners give up after a few practices with bad results whether it is sawing, planing or chiseling.
The oversimplified wisdom (not just this one) has done a lot of harm and people offering such advice with good intentions often do not realize it. A good woodworker (Gary?) recommends people doing one dovetail a day but repeating something in the way that didn't work in the first place wouldn't result in better outcomes.
Simon
The theory behind practice is to make an attempt, review the attempt for errors, then determine how to correct the errors and try again.
True practice includes analysis and corrections.
Making the same practice cut over and over without any change could be considered insanity, i.e. doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)