Thread: As a Woodworker, when do you ever feel “in over your head”?

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Over my head? As Thumbsucker says... every single job. Without fail.

I think, rethink, go over the plans, procrastinate, wait, delay, vacillate, hessite, rethink it, go over contingencies..... then absolutely nail it. Usually in a ridiculously short time.

Every time, my wife says a derivative of "why not just go out there and JUST do it!". Something that takes "two weeks" is 95% farting around!

I'm still new to wood working, I did it while I was in high school about 15 years ago. (Wow where did time go)

I've start some project got over my head and so I collected more tools to make some job easier. Then I overcomplicate stuff and over think as well. To the point I wouldn't make a move.

Past year I just started to act and plan parts out in my project. I'm trying to learn from my mistake.

As a professional electrican I have been chuck into deep end but in job environment it easy to get help. As there at lease one very experienced sparky to help you out.

So if you got someone close to ask gain hint and tricks always handy. This forum has giving me Dutch courage to post up stuff.

My biggest tip is practice on stuff for the workshop. When it goes pair shape lease it not on display for wife to see or when friends come around. Pallet Wood is also plentiful and free great source to practice on. Lease when you stuff up cost nothing you got some fire wood.

Wood working and anything is many years of practice to gain experience on how to do it correctly. Took me years to be a sparky and I'm still learning

Cheers Dave


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Originally Posted by Spyro

Oh yes. Just yesterday.

I spent a couple of hours carefully inlaying a nice bookmatched piece that I hand planed. Then I mixed my epoxy and poured it over. Then I watched in horror as trapped air started coming out from under the inlay. Then I very gently took a blowtorch to it, killed a few bubbles, but more kept coming out. Then I gently blowtorched some more, and then more bubbles formed, and more blowtorch, and then the epoxy started to dry and turn milky white.

And now I want to take a big blow torch and burn my shed down

In case anyone is wondering, my electric planer now probably needs new blades but I ended up saving that thing.

It is now drying and waiting to become the top of a pencil case for my 9 year old who loves dogs

Originally Posted by Spyro

In case anyone is wondering, my electric planer now probably needs new blades but I ended up saving that thing.

It is now drying and waiting to become the top of a pencil case for my 9 year old who loves dogs

I like your French cleated tool caddys.

mick

Originally Posted by woodPixel

Every time, my wife says a derivative of "why not just go out there and JUST do it!". Something that takes "two weeks" is 95% farting around!

ONLY 95%! Man you're efficient!

Originally Posted by Glider

I like your French cleated tool caddys.

mick

Thanks, I had a spare broomhandle so I chopped it in half and made those

Cleats sound like a better idea than they actually are to be honest, in theory you have all those options for positioning something on the wall but typically most of us pick a spot and live it there forever.