A Eureka moment
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I’m sitting at the bench, having just cut my first and second dovetail joints. I’m thinking back to the clock project and thinking about this box. Suddenly things clarify in my mind. That soft spoken, ever patient Englishman has given me the knowledge to build almost anything in wood. With just a few simple projects he’s shown me the essential knowledge and concepts.
1- How to mark a line
2- How to cut to that line
3- what sharp meansThe rest is developing those skills and learning the techniques to do the above. From my simple box with just a few lines to a Highboy with hundreds, the scope is larger but the process is the same. What a powerful thing in just a little simple knowledge. I realize this is just a first step, but now I can see the road!
13 July 2014 at 2:08 am #59379Brother if woodworking were that simple Paul would be out of a job, but I like your enthusiasm.
Salko I think it really is that simple. Like I said it may not be simple to do, and the techniques involved are the craft, and mastery of it. A journey of years I’m sure. But in the most simple of projects Paul has laid a path for the most complex. I’ve been at this from the power tool side of things for years and got lost in the setup and complexity. I never thought of it until it was distilled into the most simple project with the most simple tools. As woodworkers, at its most basic level we cut to a line that we’ve marked. The lines may be complex the assembly may be complex but that first step is always there. Stringing them into something meaningful, useful, or beautiful is the art and mastery.
Leonardo DaVinci is quoted as saying “simplification is the ultimate sophistication” I think Paul’s teaching can set us on that path.
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