some of you might already know about the three virtues of a great
programmer

they are laziness and impatience and hubris


but i wonder if those apply also to great woodworkers or do we need
to define a new set

On 03/07/2016 10:24 AM, Electric Comet wrote:

some of you might already know about the three virtues of a great
programmer

they are laziness and impatience and hubris


but i wonder if those apply also to great woodworkers or do we need
to define a new set

I prefer:
A labourer uses his hands.
A craftsman uses his hands and his head.
An artist uses his hands, head and heart.
Graham

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some of you might already know about the three virtues of a great
programmer

they are laziness and impatience and hubris


but i wonder if those apply also to great woodworkers or do we need
to define a new set

The three virtues apply to woodworking. Be lazy, don't screw up pieces (if
you can avoid it) so they have to be remade. Be impatient and sharpen your
tools. They're called dull tools because they're boring to use. Hubris is
simple: Make your work in such a way that you'll be proud to show it off.

Puckdropper

On Sun, 3 Jul 2016 10:30:03 -0600
graham wrote:

I prefer:
A labourer uses his hands.
A craftsman uses his hands and his head.
An artist uses his hands, head and heart.

not bad

i think laziness plays a part though
impatience sometimes comes into play

see the previous thread on making prototypes

not sure how hubris would make a better woodworker
i guess insisting on a job well done no matter what