Great message! As a relative "newbie" (3 years or so), I find myself
constantly looking at "what if?". I think it may be more of a personality
trait than simple complacency on some peoples part. For the most part, I'm
very curious by nature, been that way since I was a kiddie I guess. The
more I look at something, the more I find myself trying to come up with
different ways to create/execute it. On my computer I have a folder titled
"Woodworking Inspirations" and I find myself looking at it almost daily and
adding to it almost as often, much of the time form links I get here in this
Newsgroup. As I stare in amazement at many of these images, I find myself
"dissecting" the process that created it. The thread on "stave Turning"
immediately caught my attention and I can hardly wait to get the right few
pieces of wood so I can dig in and see what happens.

For instance... once you cut 8 triangles w/two 45 degree angles and one 90
degree angle, "what if" you use a scroll saw to cut a small curve into the
45 degree side and then place a contrasting piece of wood in that curved
section? Ohhh, so many possibilities!

For me Charlie, I don't find myself in a "rut", ever. I guess it's the
"little kid" still in me!

Bob Crawford