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   john_c2 | Jul 08, 2020 09:16am | #1

   There have been many articles and videos on both those subjects. A LOT.

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   _mj_ | Jul 08, 2020 09:27am | #2

   I wonder... why he didn't bother to look?

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   lat_axe | Jul 08, 2020 09:34am | #3

   Hee hee. ".... never really taught anything important". That's goosewipe and poodlejuice, eh?

   FWW taught me nearly all I know about WW, including what's unimportant (often by pretending something was when it obviously wasn't - all them jig-making and designing rabbit holes). The unimportant stuff certainly includes: "...making drawings from furniture and then making patterns from drawings". A waste of time, energy and paper in my view. You can do that in your head.

   Now and then a to-scale part-drawing of some aspect of a piece can be useful to see it's proportions or fit. Otherwise it's very easy to make a well proportioned piece without any paper at all. And certainly without a formal plan. I've made hundreds of things and only a Veritas Adirondack chair (X4) was ever made using a plan.

   Then you mention "making jigs"!! Another thing that FWW taught me was a waste of time. See them fellahs who spend 90% of their time making some weird jig to do a single task and 10% of their time making the furniture. Ha! If the jigger lads would just get a proper table saw with a sliding carriage and learn how to use their tools with themselves as the jig .......

   On the other hand, I did make a jig to hold chisels for me Sorby sharpening machine last week. The one they sell is inadequate, see?

   But I know some want to be "a designer-maker". It's very fashionable to adopt the stance of an arteest rather than that of a "mere" craftsman. :-)

   Lataxe

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   gulfstar | Jul 08, 2020 09:38am | #4

   Troll

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   geedubbee | Jul 08, 2020 11:56am | #5

   Troll. Nothing constructive there.