The one over arching theme I have learned. Woodworking framing, carving, turning, blacksmithing, brewing, shooting, typewriter repair, gunsmithing, chairmaking...
When you are a novice, half the fun is the gear accumulation. Don't knock this. I think you may have to do it. And when you are a novice you often can't afford it, but you accumulate anyway.
Then, as you get more proficient and skilled, you need less and less of the gear.
ALL those carving chisels and whatnot. And in the end you need a drill, 4 simple chisels, and a carving stone. You might only need 2 chisels and a sheet of sandpaper.
Thanks, Krasnov, says Putin
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Old line in a book about learning to be a surgeon: "If you can't take out an appendix with a rock and the top of a tin can, step aside for someone who can."
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