Hi Rooster,
Please don’t take what I said the wrong way. I’m in no way against asking questions. That wasn’t what I was after.
My point was there is a ton of info available for a google search. That can be used. But something I really learned in house building and training LOTS of apprentices over the last thirty years is that you learn a fraction as much by being told how to do it, and you soon forget what you were told. But when you really puzzle something over, and stretch your brain, that’s when it really sinks in.
So what I’m saying in the post is that rather ask what sandpaper schedule you shoud use, take a saturday afternoon off and play with it. Take some cloth yourself and make a fin panel. Pick up some paper, and work on your own technique. Then after you played with it for a while, you’ll have figured out something on your own. Then post up what you learned. Use that as a springboard for discussion!
And some guys do post questions just to introduce themselves to the conversation. Nothing wrong with that, other than it is limiting. If you are a new member here and want to share the stoke of board building. Make a few new friends. That’s why we do Plaskett every year, right? Well, if you are new here, let us know something about you. Go make something. Show us what you did, tell us a little about yourself.
Swaylock’s has been trashed a little lately, both here and other forums talking about us. Some say it is bunch of grumpy old men arguing about pointless stuff. Some say they miss the old days, when Swaylock’s was better. I looked around the archives, and got a feel of the threads before I got here. There was a lot more guys posting what they know, and what they were doing. Seems like there is less of that now.
So to get the place back on track, and build the stoke, I’m suggesting that before you ask that question, be creative and try something on your own then post it. We’ll all have a good laugh. We’ll all say, “yea, I remember when I screwed that up too”. And the poster of the question will have a better idea of where they went wrong or did right.
And Rooster, you lost that bet. I learned most of what I know by doing a little reading, and then hanging out on the job site after everybody left, and trying something out. I learned AutoCAD by buying the program, and a book and spent every night for about six months working it out. Same with carpentry. Pick up a router and door plane, and then on my own time, hung some doors. Working with your hands teaches more than working with your ears.
A little long winded, but I hope that clears it up.
