Wednesday, November 25, 2015

snail's pace


I was getting all fired up to scribe a diatribe on what little time I had to devote to my craft


And I realized that I had made a lot more progress than I thought since the last post


woodworking blog sequential photographic how-to opportunity missed


it's like some crappy nineties infomercial about "20 minutes a day"


but they're right


here's to you Ron Popeil


this build sold itself on the premise of tiny bursts of labor


the endless progression of steps


I've practiced this dance before




ok, so some of these sessions lasted more than twenty minutes


working brass is the same, just a slower version of working wood


and it's not like I really do twenty minutes every day


some days I just go out and stare at the wall


and remember when conversation didn't just consist of monosyllabic babble
or commentary on sleeping and defecation habits


I've also had weeks of trial and error finding appropriate hardware


when it all comes together and the knob is tight
and the fence is in line with the body
and the is no movement from square


then it is right