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Tue, Nov 27, 2007, 10:32pm (EST-3) (Roger*Woehl)
doth query:
snip I am curious if any of you use any particular methodology to get
your creative design juices flowing. How do you stretch your
imaginations to take a traditional idea and make it unique, eye catching
and interesting? snip

Plans? Plans? Don' need no steenkin' plans.

Google. Lots of google images. On any subject at all - surprising
how many wood images come up. Or, think of something you want to make -
then make it, no plans, nothing, just do it. I've made stuff that way
that came out great, but after I was done I had only a vague idea how
I'd done it, and am not sure if I could duplicate some of it or not.
Made my saw stand that way, looks kinda deco, works great. Originally
made it higher than I liked, so cut the top off, took out 6 inches, put
it back together, with the top turned 90 degrees, a few other mods, and
it's just right - no plans, measured as I went along. I think I could
kinda duplicate it, but only if it was where I could look at it close as
I worked. If I couldn't look at it, it would probably be vaguely
similar, but totally different. Finest kind. For things I actually
want to clone, I make patterns. Otherwise I usually just wing it. More
fun that way.

JOAT
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