Sorry I havent been bloging a lot , been super busy, mainly filming the Show, getting the corner cabinet wrapped up , as we speak , I am doing the doors , a lot of new folks have come on board , I think we have a winner here , the response to the show has been great , and as it gets more involved in harder projects I think it will grow even more, I will say this again, I know of no better way to bring education to the people , in the corner cabinet it has been relatively slow-paced , but thats a good thing , it allows all to really get whats happening , and I have made enough mistakes , so we get to see that recovery thing , thats important , because its real , its how it really is , this is not TV, I’m not Norm, I can “screw up” with the best of them , but I can also recover , this is real life , how in my opinion , woodworking should be taught , one of the biggest handicaps woodworking has suffered is TV , people actually think those guys never make a mistake , not the case , they just don’t have the @(#*(&* to show it, I do, whether I manufacture a mistake or it just happens , its real life, it’s the recovery that makes it work , I have often said , “IF ”I ever build the perfect piece , That will be last piece I build , well im still here , and still building .
I recall one time I had called “BIG BOB” , he wasnt in a very good mood , he finally explained he was building a base for a Step Back, and cut it too short , we laughed a little , and I said ” yep been there done that a time or 40″, he said oh well , I guess I get to make another one, and we ended the conversation , that evening I decided to give him a call, and see how it was going , when he answered the phone it was ” yea What?”, not his usual jolly self , he explained , ” I don’t mind cutting the thing wrong once , but I did it again” ( a mite stronger comment ) , I rolled laughing , and explained i wasnt laughing at him , I was just glad to know there were other professional woodworkers who had experienced the same thing , I think it got him to smile and well ” third time is the charm”, as I recall that piece is in California , not sure if its painted or not ( love ya Bob),
The point is mistakes happen to the best , don’t be deceived , learn to work around your own human frailties , but never let them prevent you from tackling something you are not sure how to do , if you do , you will never grow, but do take the time to think it through , then act, my sitting pondering time , is proably more productive than my cuttin gluing time …how about you ?