I suppose this would actually qualify as "every topic" vice "off topic", but I couldn't think of a better place to put this...Anyway, here goes:
I asked within the Sign Design & Fabrication messages what piece of advice could folks give to someone just getting interested in sandblasting - Got some good replies (I still go back and re-read them!), but it got me wondering about applying the same tactic to woodworking in general (and anything specifically, from turning to carving to sandblasting to...you name it!). So...
What one piece of advice:
a)...Would you like to give yourself were you able to go back to when you first started working with wood?
and/or
b)...Was the best piece of advice someone gave you when you first started out?
My own responses (keeping in mind I'm really just starting out) would be:
a) "You know how Dad told you to have patience? And how you thought you'd prepared yourself to be very, very patient? Yeah, you'll still need to work on that!"
b) Again from my father - "Have fun, and enjoy both the good and the bad - Even the mistakes you'll make will be done working on something that brings you joy - I can think of worse ways to make mistakes."
OK, tag, you're it - I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts.