Top 10 Unavoidable Truths of Woodworking

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quotes from Michael Dunbar. Some sage advice, there.

1. Don't Rush...
- Don't confuse working quickly with rushing..

2. Learn to sharpen...
- It opens the door to faster, easier techniques that yield better results...

3. You get what you pay for....
- When you try to cut corners by buying low-end brand or lower-quality materials, you set yourself up for disappointment...

4. Finishing is half the battle...
- Finishing is as important as the woodworking and frequently takes as long...

5. Practice makes perfect...
- Try unfamiliar skills on scrap...

6. Dry fit before glue-up...
- Don't discover nasty surprises after the glue has been spread...

7. Glue won't rescue poor joinery..
- While there are tricks for correcting mistakes, these should never be thought of as ways to get around good workmanship...

8. Your router won't do everything...
- There are no universal wonder tools that will do everything perfectly and effortlessly...

9 Use both hand and power tools...
- An efficient, effective woodworker know how to use both machine and hand tools...

10. Keep your shop clean...
- Keep your shop tuned up and well-maintained...

Edited December 5, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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Good advice Stick.

Very Good Advice!

There should be a number 11.

Don't stick you finger in it or under it.

Dan

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

There should be a number 11.

Don't stick you finger in it or under it.

Dan

Or through it.

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

There should be a number 11.

Don't stick you finger in it or under it.

Dan

That would be a Ralph Jones quote (paraphrased)

All true, however most of have to learn the hard way first.

I agree with them all but have to say "clean" to a turner is kind of a relative thing

 

Steve

One other unavoidable truth....The Law of Murphy will always apply.....

 

 

There was another quote I've seen around.  

 

"If you think it can not be done, do not interrupt the fellow that is doing it"  

 

A Long time ago, from someone named "Fatroman"  over on "Knots" 

Edited August 23, 201610 yr by steven newman

Three laws of plumbing:

 

1. Hot on the left; cold on the right
2. Poop goes down; stink goes up
3. Don't chew your fingernails

Well Stick I guess you are going to have to write a book . Like Buck you are waxing poetic and with all the references you have it should be easy.

Hah.  Ran across this on a piece of paper in my shop this week.   Printed it off years ago.

 

On ‎8‎/‎22‎/‎2016 at 3:58 PM, Steve Krumanaker said:

I agree with them all but have to say "clean" to a turner is kind of a relative thing

 

Steve

 

Turning has a way of diminishing any cleaning traits one may have had before he tried turning.

"that's not a mistake....that's a design change.."

 

"Plan?   PLAN?    We don't need no schtinking  plan..." 

 

" I always have Plan, they don't always work, but I always have Plan"   B. Badinov

Plans are made to be changed. After plans are only and idea and sometime we see the light (opps) and there is a better way to get there.

 

One more rule #13 if it don't feel right stop and look it may be wrong

 

...let's not forget  "if it ain't broke, don't fix it till it is"...

 

Just because you can doesn't mean you should (or want to)

 

 

why not???

4 hours ago, Stick486 said:

why not???

I have too much other (useful) stuff that needs done.

4 hours ago, kmealy said:

I have too much other (useful) stuff that needs done.

 

What could be more important than having all that fun.  That guy has more ideas and the brains to work them out than anyone else I can think of.