This is pretty much the exact situation I experienced! I knew I wanted to learn neander ways. I reseached and bought neander tools. I scoured the internet and made a bit of headway, but then taking a simple class at LV on making and using shooting boards, which I only took because every other handtool class was full, I ended up connecting with the fellow who was teaching the class. Funny enough, he was a last minute fill in teacher as well as the usual fellow had something come up. Anyways, after talking (which pretty much was comprised of me asking a zillion questions) and hitting it off, he invited me to his home shop.

I learned more in an afternoon from him than I did in the first year of going at it alone. To this day he has become one of my best friends and I learn from him every time we hang out in the shop...