Question Of The Week... ( 2018 week 4)

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What is your greatest strength and How does it help you as a Woodworker?







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My ability to find wood for free and find tools at good prices. Both you have to have to do wood working. Some wood comes from pallets, some from logs that I mill into lumber, some from logs that I chunk up for turning stock. Tools I constantly look for at auctions, craigslist, the shops I go to for work, etc. I am a hopeless tinkerer, that helps me in many many ways. The ability to find wood and tools cheap and restore tools cheap allows me to do a hobby that I love without spending a ton of cash. Those are good attributes to have.
 

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Greatest would be "Kaizen" or constant, incremental improvement

There are several ways to approach this.
In no particular order:
  • I'm no in a hurry to get things done anymore
  • If a design or an idea doesn't feel quite right, it's time to re-think it
  • If I'm a little tired and my concentration isn't great, it's time to turn off the power tools and grab the broom
  • If a tool isn't where I need it to be when I need it, consider rearranging the workstation
  • Never think of anything as being completed. Be willing to improve designs and process.
My dad used to tell me that every project takes three things:
  • Time
  • Money
  • Inclination
Generally, any two of those are pretty easy to come by.
The third can be elusive.
Wait for all three to align, then push ahead.
Sage advice that.
 

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Greatest would be "Kaizen" or constant, incremental improvement

There are several ways to approach this.
In no particular order:
  • I'm no in a hurry to get things done anymore
  • If a design or an idea doesn't feel quite right, it's time to re-think it
  • If I'm a little tired and my concentration isn't great, it's time to turn off the power tools and grab the broom
  • If a tool isn't where I need it to be when I need it, consider rearranging the workstation
  • Never think of anything as being completed. Be willing to improve designs and process.
My dad used to tell me that every project takes three things:
  • Time
  • Money
  • Inclination
Generally, any two of those are pretty easy to come by.
The third can be elusive.
Wait for all three to align, then push ahead.
Sage advice that.
John your axiom reminds me of a saying we had in the military; you can have it fast; you can have it cheap; you can have it good...... pick any two, ya can't have all three
 

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For me it's probably my mechanical ability, it;s allowed me to be able to afford equipment/tools and restore machines I would not otherwise be able to afford which allows me to do new and different things in the shop that interest me.
 

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For me it's probably my mechanical ability, it;s allowed me to be able to afford equipment/tools and restore machines I would not otherwise be able to afford which allows me to do new and different things in the shop that interest me.

I would've thought you would mention the fact that you can turn a zillion pens a year! Tony
 

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I’m incredibly stubborn... not sure how that helps with woodworking, but I’m determined to find out.
 

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Organizational and collection skills. I've accumulated a fair amount of wood and tools, and they are all neat and tidy. Now I need to operationalize my workshop to a much greater degree! Chuck
 

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Curiosity, maybe.

Both a strength and a weakness. Gives me new things to try out - but more new things to try out before I really understand the old new thing I was trying out.
 

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God is my greatest strength, as I continually screw up more than the year before. I am reminded in the end it matters little if performed in love and knowing salvation means everything.
 
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