The pro called me a woodworking amateur. Why do I consider this a compliment
Many professionals have a negative reaction to my publications: "it just infuriates", "there is nothing to reinvent the wheel", "you need to do according to the instructions for the tool", "you can't work like that." So sometimes they write in the comments and call me an amateur.
Yes, I can call myself an amateur - a person who did not receive special, in-depth knowledge of woodworking, who is engaged in this business, because it like. And I tackle the wood in my pleasure.
By the way from Italian dilettante - means "pleasure"
And I will also note that this is a channel about home carpentry, on which I talk about my experience, what I learned and what I came up with.
As an amateur, I am not limited by rules and topics "why shouldn't you do this". Therefore, I can get involved in sharpening saws or repairing power tools. And the pros will not do this, because he is not paid for it.
Ha! :)) I imagined what he would say to me and where the sawmaker would send in the furniture production where I worked if I offered him to sharpen the saw blade for the formatter.
By the way, a few years ago I picked up an electric drill from a nearby auto repair shop, which was thrown out by the workers. The drill did not work when it was first turned on, and when it was dismantled, it turned out that the wiring on the button was gone. A couple of minutes wasted and I had a working drill in my workshop.
Or here's another topic: homemade wood clamps. A professional will not do such nonsense as making the clamps himself. But for an amateur, due to his passion for the topic, such work will be a pleasure. See publication "Five reasons to make homemade wood clamps "at the end of this article there are links to several designs of homemade clamps, some with drawings.
The same goes for homemade machines and fixtures. Here here there is a description and drawings of a homemade jigsaw machine.
A here description and drawings of a homemade filler mill.
I am self-taught in woodworking, so I really don’t know many things and therefore I happen to talk about something banal, about something that has long been known or once again "reinvent the wheel".
And it's good that they called me an amateur - it means that I have not yet ossified, I continue to think freely and there is still room for development, learning and doing new things.
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Alexander.
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