Comments on: My teachers http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/11/11/my-teachers/ inside the woodshop Wed, 16 May 2012 14:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/11/11/my-teachers/#comment-79797 Rob Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:04:13 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1393#comment-79797 Sean, Thanks for pointing out the great value of video instruction. I agree, it can really accelerate learning and confidence. I also agree, how fortunate we are to have all these resources! Rob Sean,

Thanks for pointing out the great value of video instruction. I agree, it can really accelerate learning and confidence. I also agree, how fortunate we are to have all these resources!

Rob

]]> By: Sean http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/11/11/my-teachers/#comment-79738 Sean Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:10:54 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1393#comment-79738 I'm in the self-taught camp too. I've come to like the process in many ways. While reading the best on a subject is definitely required, I'm finding that videos (DVDs, Youtube, etc.) can really turn the trick sometimes in ways that books never could. For example, a couple years ago, I got a lathe and taught myself to turn - I say taught myself, because I had no mentor and took only one half day class at the local Woodcraft to get some basics. Experience - trial and error - just doping out what works for you - is a huge part, but some key insights came from DVDs by guys like Raffan, Stubbs, and Ellsworth. Seeing them hold and move a tool with the lathe spinning at a given speed etc. was really informative. I'm now trying to teach myself veneering and specifically double bevel marquetry. I bought Sila Kopf's book and DVD. The book is great and inspiring, and even includes details for the double bevel process, but seeing his short demonstration of the process on the DVD yielded insights that words and still pictures alone would have had a hard time delivering. Anyway, all to say that we are lucky to live in an age where we now have video to add to the mix with books and classes, and of course, our own alone time in the shop. I’m in the self-taught camp too. I’ve come to like the process in many ways. While reading the best on a subject is definitely required, I’m finding that videos (DVDs, Youtube, etc.) can really turn the trick sometimes in ways that books never could. For example, a couple years ago, I got a lathe and taught myself to turn – I say taught myself, because I had no mentor and took only one half day class at the local Woodcraft to get some basics. Experience – trial and error – just doping out what works for you – is a huge part, but some key insights came from DVDs by guys like Raffan, Stubbs, and Ellsworth. Seeing them hold and move a tool with the lathe spinning at a given speed etc. was really informative. I’m now trying to teach myself veneering and specifically double bevel marquetry. I bought Sila Kopf’s book and DVD. The book is great and inspiring, and even includes details for the double bevel process, but seeing his short demonstration of the process on the DVD yielded insights that words and still pictures alone would have had a hard time delivering. Anyway, all to say that we are lucky to live in an age where we now have video to add to the mix with books and classes, and of course, our own alone time in the shop.

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