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Alec,

While those theories may sound good, they aren’t exactly true. ;-) There are those of us who can make plenty of mistakes on things that we’ve already done before. Case in point: I just completed a box nearly identical to one I had done before (just different woods and a couple other variances). I made far more mistakes on the second one than on the first. ;-(

We can challenge ourselves to do the difficult pieces and sometimes even do well on them, and mess up on the simple ones.

Just saying. . .

New Year blessings to you.
L/W

Wow. Thank you, Alec!

You’re right, of course, lightweightleftylady, practice makes better (my guitar teacher years ago said “nothing is ever going to be perfect, stop worrying”) but did you learn something, will it make the next one easier, better, more beautiful? I bet it will.

Be true to the craft. A mistake is not a failure if you take note of it.

I feel lucky Alec.

I make nothing but mistakes :)
I guess I need to maintain course.

Happy new year, full of mistakes of course:)

What a great message. It is like a good kick in the posterior. Thank you for the inspiration and Happy New Year!

Very good post.
I will heed the message.

Well said Alec. I couldn’t agree more. Happy woodworking and happy new year to all you woodworkers out there in all the awesome shops.
Cheers