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Just get started, really. Start small, make the same thing twice: one for learning, another with the lessons for the first. I will not claim to be a good woodw

Just get started, really. Start small, make the same thing twice: one for learning, another with the lessons for the first. I will not claim to be a good woodworker, I recently made https://preview.redd.it/oyg8onja3ll51.jpg?width=4608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=767f2a1c0376188ca9b6270b4113fe0007166964 https://preview.redd.it/oyg8onja3ll51.jpg?width=4608&format=... which I'm quite happy with. Some rough edges. I do not consider myself particularly handy, but just get started. And watch a bunch YouTube videos for tips. Tools used: cordless drill, saw, tape measure, 90 deg angle thingy, some clamps, 45deg angle cutting template block. I had the wood panels sawed at the DIY store, so no need for a table saw. I think all the tools used can be had for a few hundred euros. EDIT: I think the hardest part of this is imagining how to put everything together, do the accurate measurements or design things in a way that you can tolerate less accuracy. I learned a ton making this, would do it differently next time, but both had fun doing it and now have a nice pillow box. People tell me "I didn't know you were so handy". Well, me neither.

Loughla 6y ago
>I think the hardest part of this is imagining how to put everything together, do the accurate measurements or design things in a way that you can tolerate less accuracy. Woodworking is a lesson and exercise in planning and preparation, more than anything else. The actual skills used are fairly basic hand-eye coordination. But the planning. Oh the planning. You absolutely have to see the steps laid out to completion, one at a time, when you start. Otherwise you cannot even begin the project with hopes of finishing. I'm fairly certain there's a metaphor in there somewhere, but it's early in the day.
- ragebol 6y ago
  The Dutch saying is 'good tools are half the work' and there is another saying 'A good plan is half the work', so with a good plan and good tools, you're already done...

Loughla 6y ago

>I think the hardest part of this is imagining how to put everything together, do the accurate measurements or design things in a way that you can tolerate less accuracy. Woodworking is a lesson and exercise in planning and preparation, more than anything else. The actual skills used are fairly basic hand-eye coordination. But the planning. Oh the planning. You absolutely have to see the steps laid out to completion, one at a time, when you start. Otherwise you cannot even begin the project with hopes of finishing. I'm fairly certain there's a metaphor in there somewhere, but it's early in the day.

ragebol 6y ago
The Dutch saying is 'good tools are half the work' and there is another saying 'A good plan is half the work', so with a good plan and good tools, you're already done...