First post, I'll just toss out the "sorry" here and now for, well, anything I may do wrong (without intent or understanding).
So, I'm interested in getting into woodworking. It's interested me on some level or another for a long while (decades?). I'm retired from IT, with a side career in motorcycle mechanics, more or less to a slow spot with rejuvenating/rescuing my 1930's house and want to scratch this itch. I'd also like to shortcut some of the learning process by maybe, for once in my life, learning from the mistakes of others. I've real trouble with that, but I'm going to try. Oh, and I'm posting this in the hand-tool forum because I've not the room for things like table saws, jointers, planers and the like (at least the powered variety). I also find that I enjoy the idea of doing things a little more slowly, by hand…. part of what I liked about being a mechanic.
So, if you could go back to the beginning when you had nothing and advise yourself, how would you start? A certain project? Doing something that developed skills? Find a mentor?
I'm stuck in the muck of too much info. I swear that things like Youtube are a negative sometimes, despite the endless entertainment and information available.
Right now the tools I have are a set of 3 cheap chisels, a cheap box plane and some sort of panel saw my dad gave me decades ago (no idea if it's rip or cross cut or if it's even sharp, it IS rusty though :/ ). Oh, and a couple stones & jig for sharpening the chisels/plane blade.
Cheers!
So, I'm interested in getting into woodworking. It's interested me on some level or another for a long while (decades?). I'm retired from IT, with a side career in motorcycle mechanics, more or less to a slow spot with rejuvenating/rescuing my 1930's house and want to scratch this itch. I'd also like to shortcut some of the learning process by maybe, for once in my life, learning from the mistakes of others. I've real trouble with that, but I'm going to try. Oh, and I'm posting this in the hand-tool forum because I've not the room for things like table saws, jointers, planers and the like (at least the powered variety). I also find that I enjoy the idea of doing things a little more slowly, by hand…. part of what I liked about being a mechanic.
So, if you could go back to the beginning when you had nothing and advise yourself, how would you start? A certain project? Doing something that developed skills? Find a mentor?
I'm stuck in the muck of too much info. I swear that things like Youtube are a negative sometimes, despite the endless entertainment and information available.
Right now the tools I have are a set of 3 cheap chisels, a cheap box plane and some sort of panel saw my dad gave me decades ago (no idea if it's rip or cross cut or if it's even sharp, it IS rusty though :/ ). Oh, and a couple stones & jig for sharpening the chisels/plane blade.
Cheers!