1st time I have been happy with my work

[MikeBs]

Hi all,
I have been on this site for about a year now and look at it most weekends and am in awe of some of the work that is done by members.
I thought it was time I stopped asking silly questions and posted something.
My metal/wood/plants/general area to get out the house is pictured below.

I would draw your attention to the vice and in particular to the jaw protectors.

I’ve just made them from some scrap stainless with the sides welded using stainless. I’ve never welded with it before and am quite pleased with them.
I am aware that the craftsmen here will be smiling, but some people live with micrometers and scribers, I am more an angle iron and pencil/chalk/crayon type.
I got the Record 23 as a none moving wreck and having spent a few days on it, got it working and painted, so it seemed a shame that I was slowly wrecking it again with my wire wheel.
I have also made about 10 plant supports using horseshoes and rebar, which requires lots of work with a wire wheel and grinder.

I was just thinking that the proper craftsmen on here at some point in the past, must have had their 1st project that they thought ‘that’s not rubbish’, even if now they think it probably was.
Do you ever lose that feeling, when something you do gives you a sense of satisfaction or does the bar just get higher?

 

[Dee J]

Hi all,
I have been on this site for about a year now and look at it most weekends and am in awe of some of the work that is done by members.
I thought it was time I stopped asking silly questions and posted something.
My metal/wood/plants/general area to get out the house is pictured below.
View attachment 369545
I would draw your attention to the vice and in particular to the jaw protectors.
View attachment 369547
I’ve just made them from some scrap stainless with the sides welded using stainless. I’ve never welded with it before and am quite pleased with them.
I am aware that the craftsmen here will be smiling, but some people live with micrometers and scribers, I am more an angle iron and pencil/chalk/crayon type.
I got the Record 23 as a none moving wreck and having spent a few days on it, got it working and painted, so it seemed a shame that I was slowly wrecking it again with my wire wheel.
I have also made about 10 plant supports using horseshoes and rebar, which requires lots of work with a wire wheel and grinder.
View attachment 369549

I was just thinking that the proper craftsmen on here at some point in the past, must have had their 1st project that they thought ‘that’s not rubbish’, even if now they think it probably was.
Do you ever lose that feeling, when something you do gives you a sense of satisfaction or does the bar just get higher?

For those who enter into creative activity for its own sake rather than a career or a necessity, then the ever moving bar can be a real positive. The results are often - 'that's kind of OK, but I could do better or different next time'... Then we set ourselves a tougher challenge or higher standards. Its a journey not a destination.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Its a journey not a destination.

"It is better to travel hopefully, than to arrive".

 

[MikeBs]

For those who enter into creative activity for its own sake rather than a career or a necessity, then the ever moving bar can be a real positive. The results are often - 'that's kind of OK, but I could do better or different next time'... Then we set ourselves a tougher challenge or higher standards. Its a journey not a destination.

A few years ago I converted a T5 into a campervan. Only after I had finished did I really have the knowledge and skills that I should have had when I started.

 

[Newlands]

Some of the stuff I remember doing way back I’d be ashamed to put on display, but it usually worked at the time. And some stuff I do now is a bit rough as well! But I guess like most people you gradually get a bit better, learning as you go. It’s still a nice feeling to have made something that a lot of other people wouldn’t have a clue how to do though.

 

[MattF]

Do you ever lose that feeling, when something you do gives you a sense of satisfaction or does the bar just get higher?

I just keep my bar low. I'm always pleased.

 

[Morrisman]

A few years ago I converted a T5 into a campervan. Only after I had finished did I really have the knowledge and skills that I should have had when I started.

That's the same with most things I do: by the time I get finished I've gained skills/knowledge, but i'd not do another job the same, so the skills are generally wasted.

 

[ajlelectronics]

I just keep my bar low. I'm always pleased.

"This employee sets himself very low standards and consistently fails to achieve them".

 

[striker]

aim low and achieve!