Ok, its time to confess. I have very/extraordinarily bad work habits. The more I do the worse I seem to get.
I just can't figure a way out of my mindset.
I keep taking simple projects and making them into complex multi-part behemoths.
Here are some of my symptoms:
1. Refuse to waste scrap.
I keep going to my scrap pile to make lots of little parts instead of using a new piece. Case in point, a mantle I'm working on now has 27 parts glued and screwed to create a framework, when I could've done it by making a basic 4 sided box.
2. Keep trying to reinvent the wheel. I don't seem to like plans.
3. Know how, but don't have the real experience. I fear I've read and learned too much but not done enough. I can look at these projects knowing what to do, but not being setup to do it.
Case in point, a shooting board. Instead of building one and using it, I keep trying various clamping "solutions" that all work about 8% effectively and take 92% longer.
4. Keep buying more tools, books and videos. This is a good/bad habit. In reference to #3, I think I gots too much book learn'n.
So, any tips for me? This has become a real rut and I'm just plane old stuck in it. So stuck I'm not enjoying woodworking.
Jim
I just can't figure a way out of my mindset.
I keep taking simple projects and making them into complex multi-part behemoths.
Here are some of my symptoms:
1. Refuse to waste scrap.
I keep going to my scrap pile to make lots of little parts instead of using a new piece. Case in point, a mantle I'm working on now has 27 parts glued and screwed to create a framework, when I could've done it by making a basic 4 sided box.
2. Keep trying to reinvent the wheel. I don't seem to like plans.
3. Know how, but don't have the real experience. I fear I've read and learned too much but not done enough. I can look at these projects knowing what to do, but not being setup to do it.
Case in point, a shooting board. Instead of building one and using it, I keep trying various clamping "solutions" that all work about 8% effectively and take 92% longer.
4. Keep buying more tools, books and videos. This is a good/bad habit. In reference to #3, I think I gots too much book learn'n.
So, any tips for me? This has become a real rut and I'm just plane old stuck in it. So stuck I'm not enjoying woodworking.
Jim