None...willing to try just about any woodworking task...at least once....some I like..never know until I try....
2nd on the glue up. My iq seems to zero out no matter how many times I practice and lay it out. It's FUBAR as soon as the glue starts to flow.
Stand for something, or you'll fall for anything.
Copy shaping on a shaper. Not sure why but it does. Well I do know why but still think my intimidation is not good. I think often fear clouds ones mind just enough to make them dangerous. I used to ice and rock climb “some serious @#$*” think a 1000’ of dead vertical to overhanging ice out the elements often inthe teens. Every single decision counts for something. Even high on a ladder or roof on a construction site demands a simular amount of confidence. As soon as fear sets in the IQ drops to zero and real focus is gone and your in big trouble that compounds fast. I’d say the same can happen with just about anything with different degrees of consequence.
Any joinery beyond M&T and dovetails. And yes glue ups although I am getting much much better. I have learnt you just need to break them down into the smallest pieces you can and maintain a pace that you can do quality work at and not worry about the whole thing going to the birds. Once you rush your doomed to make a mess.
By the way I think this thread has great potential and could be a best of thread. Honesty is always interesting imop. Gotta be a million other things that intimidate me. I will list the as they they come to mind as I know so many things give me pause.
Last edited by Patrick Walsh; 12-09-2018 at 8:34 AM.
Everything is intimidating when I begin a project ... finding the appropriate wood, putting together a reasonable design, determining the joinery that will work best, and then the ability to execute it. It always feels bigger than Ben Hur.
I am reminded of those Magic Eye books - where, if you stare enough at the page, the image will become 3-D. Everything begins to fall into place.
Regards from Perth
Derek
I want a new kind of glue. You would put it on, put all the joints together, level the project up on your bench, get all the clamps on. Then just touch each joint with a device that instantly sets the glue and "BAM" your done.just like that chicken baker commercial guy. You just watch it's coming soon.
Jim
Measuring, marking and layout. Can measure and mark the layout precisely; in the wrong place, up not down, back not front. Have to walk away and come back with fresh eyes before I chisel or cut. This method has saved me much grief.
You can do a lot with very little! You can do a little more with a lot!
When "fiddling around with a bunch of parts, trying to get them ready for a glue up.....mark everything as to what goes where....
marked up.jpg
Apron....marked on the inside as to "in", "top" (T), "Bottom"(B) and the tenons are marked as to "Front" or Back....just need the dummy to READ the marks while he is assembling things...
I am...not a carver, don't do inlay, nor veneer....not much of a chair-maker....never tried to be a Cooper..nor a Carriage Builder....I have built homes, schools, and factories..for a living.
William I do the same things. I have figured out when purchasing materials to add two factors. 10% for waste and another 20% for what I screw up. I may have to increase the later in the near future. I always think I can remember. I can’t even remember to mark the pieces anymore but I think I can just can’t understand the marks.
Jim
I like to use triangles and story (poles) sticks to define the parts. I find it much easier to pick up the stick to check than getting out a measuring device. I also like devices that are set and left there, marking gauges, dividers, combo squares. I often get a sick feeling when I go to the ruler, tape or the like.
Jim
Complicated, time consuming glue-ups & finishing.
Thoughts entering one's mind need not exit one's mouth!
As I age my memory fades .... and that's a load off my mind!
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