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‘Don’t Let ________ Get in the Way of Your Woodworking’

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One of my favorite woodworking quotes from the late John Brown is: “By all means read what the experts have to say. Just don’t let it get in the way of your woodworking.”

This morning I was thinking about this quote, and it occurred to me that there are so many other things that can get in the way of woodworking and building useful things. So I created this MadLib in the title of this post and began filling it with things that weren’t the word “fart” or “poo-poo.”

Here are a few:

tool acquisition
frugality
lack of tools
lack of skills
lack of a shop
sharpening
tool minutiae
YouTube videos
books
magazines
blogs
me
anything

— Christopher Schwarz

21 thoughts on “‘Don’t Let ________ Get in the Way of Your Woodworking’”

    2. No joke. It’s the worst. Your working away, and blam. High tailin it to the toilet. Hahahahaha. Just as long as you go back to work it’s all good 😜

  3. Don’t let “the experts” get in the way of woodworking or “shifty eyed students”

  4. I would say definitely the internet, put down the tablet and build something. I have a few co-workers who are amazed I can build anything without the perfect tool or more research.

  6. I made a kayak oar two years ago bonded with standard wood glue, those with woodworking knowledge are amazed that it is still together and working. If I had put off the project until I found the proper marine grade glue I wouldn’t have the oar to this day…

  7. I always loved Madlibs.
    How about “Family” or “House payments” that sort of changes the tone a bit though it’s also at times true.

  8. Don’t let overtime get in your way of woodworking or the TV, even baseball games !!!

  9. Don’t let perfection get in the way of woodworking…
    Sometimes it really is ‘good enough’

    1. I was thinking imperfections, but I feel we were on the same page. I’ve been slowly working on raised cabinet doors(my first project all hand tools). They have changed shape around 4 times now due to imperfections…(just got to keep moving forward and learning)

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