Reply by William

For me, it was when I finally realized that accuracy was not as important as I once thought it to be. A tight joint is not always tight, depending on the weather. Close enough might be perfect on a changed weather day. I’m not saying that one can just throw anything together and wait for the weather to change. This isn ‘t precision accuracy engineering though. Wood is a living object and always moving. When I realized this, or got it through my thick skull, I was able to begin learning methods to work around that. This allowed me to not only prevent future heartbreak from internal stresses, but it also gave me the freedom to stop worrying myself into an early grave worrying about super duper accuracy. This, in turn, has allowed me to enjoy wood working even more than I did before.

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