Thread: Learning by doing

Many years ago when I was a kid I loved to build things with wood, the only thing I ever did good with in school was my shop classes. The big problem I had was having people telling me what to do, so being stubborn I became a self learner. Over the years I have wasted lots of wood by making mistakes, but these mistakes have taught me very valuable lessons.

A couple of years ago I built a nice shop and rigged it out with all of the tools that I thought I would need, well this didn't work out either as I seem to be still buying more tools every week. Recently I started learning how to use my jointer, planer and shaper, and started building projects with raised panel doors. Never been shown how to do this its been quite a learning curve but things are coming together and in my opinion the ones I have done are not to bad. I am currently working on a bathroom vanity and a pantry. The doors and face frames are made with Maple. I found this wood a little hard to work with, it's a good thing I have good saw blades and cutter heads for my shaper or things might have been a little tougher. Well I know I will continue to learn every day as I work in my shop and my projects will get better all of the time.