wrote:
How is it that we, as woodworkers, gauge our progress from rank
amateur
to seasoned craftsman?
....
So what is the standard by which we measure our growth? First
project?
First dovetail? First commission? First cabinet? Or maybe Last
cabinet, Mr. Watson?

Well, I'm still not to the "seasoned craftsman" level. But I knew I
was getting better when I entered a small show and won a first:
http://home.earthlink.net/~nateperki...radle/PB260032
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p.s. The daughter's smile is worth more to me than the blue ribbon :-)