Leo Voisine
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I will second the tool sharpening.
I do like the Scary Sharp method.
I do like the Scary Sharp method.
I just buy sharp tools so I don't have to mess with all that sharpening hassle. (I also weld the gears on my guitar tuning keys so I never have to hassle with tuning every time I want to play Smoke On The Water or Stairway to Heaven.)...One thing I can suggest is maybe a basic tool sharpening class. Having really sharp tools and maintaining them makes woodworking a lot more enjoyable....
The main take away I'd give from doing a lot of projects is that success is built on a mountain of failures. The more you do the more you'll understand why certain things work the way they do. Don't be afraid to jump into a project and figure out what you don't know . I keep finding new things I was wrong about all the time.
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I don't work in the shop when I am tired.
If I make a stupid mistake, I "might" keep going. If I make another stupid mistake I STOP and close up for the day.
Do NOT work in the shop while intoxicated in whatever for that may take.
REMEMBER
Accidents do NOT just happen - they are CAUSED.
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Do NOT work in the shop while intoxicated in whatever for that may take.
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whatever "form" .. I'd include overly tired in that list.. I've made way more mistakes that were "near life changing" (not in a good way) when tired than anything else (although I'm a bit conservative in other regards.. so.. opportunity arises where it does).I'm still kinda trying to figure this one out....
Alan
Welcome to the family Joe!
One thing I can suggest is maybe a basic tool sharpening class. Having really sharp tools and maintaining them makes woodworking a lot more enjoyable.
As others have said, start with a project and work through how to make some of the components of it with what you have and ask questions.
We like lots of progress pics too.
I've found I'm too much of a control freak to be intoxicated or high. Anything that diminishes my level of control over the universe is shunned. Three or four beers a year shared with friends is about as far as I go.Good advice...
Best not to do anything while intoxicated...
Never been high on anything... don't think I would like the feeling.... after my friends wedding in 1970, about 2 weeks before my first... I reach a state where I could not focus both eyes simultaneously....next day the world was whirling at 100 mph.... made a pact with God if I could live over it, would never ever do it again.... I even gagged on the Champagne toast at my own wedding 2 weeks later... I like a good porter with my dinner periodically.... but to just sit and drink a beer has no appeal to me. I have a 750 ml bottle of good Canadian Mist that is about 1/3 full still... it's no less than 10 years in my liquor cabinet. Have not touched it in at least 5 years.I've found I'm too much of a control freak to be intoxicated or high. Anything that diminishes my level of control over the universe is shunned. Three or four beers a year shared with friends is about as far as I go.
at my age I can get the same feeling just by standing up too quickly.Never been high on anything... don't think I would like the feeling.... after my friends wedding in 1970, about weeks before my first... I reach a state where I could not focus both eyes simultaneously....next day the world was whirling at 100 mph.... .
Alcohol is not the only FORM of intoxication. An ancient intoxicant besides alcohol is a thing some people prefer. It has been illegal for a long time but is recently becoming a "little" more tolerated.
As someone who has experienced (and quit) just about every intoxicant out there that doesn't involve a needle, I can safely say I've seen a lot of fights involving drunk people, and never one involving people who were high on pot. I'm also a lot more afraid of drunk drivers than I am of stoned drivers. (Although I firmly agree no one should drive or operate machinery under the influence of any intoxicant.) My state fairly recently legalized recreational cannabis sales (although they won't have the governmental rules and regulations set up for retailers until next year), and I have no objection to the idea. We've allowed medical marijuana here for quite a while, and I know a number of people who have legitimately benefited from having access to it. (Particularly people who previously had dependancies on prescription opioids.)Alcohol is not the only FORM of intoxication. An ancient intoxicant besides alcohol is a thing some people prefer. It has been illegal for a long time but is recently becoming a "little" more tolerated.
Too true. I am at that awkward stage; mid-sixties. I am just starting to accept that if I do the things I did when I was 60 I'm going to feel like I'm 80 for the next couple of days.at my age I can get the same feeling just by standing up too quickly.
I am 80 and some days I feel that I can do what I did at 60...for about 5 minutes, then I need a 15 minute break...Too true. I am at that awkward stage; mid-sixties. I am just starting to accept that if I do the things I did when I was 60 I'm going to feel like I'm 80 for the next couple of days.