Also, to break “time” down further, most of us don’t live in an isolated bubble away from other people. Depending on the situation it can be necessary to have support of some kind to be able to go do that project. Be that physical help, or encouragement, or an agreement that is a useful user of time and money. It may not be financially a good idea especially with time added in but comprehending that it has a bigger value as a something to enjoy for years to come is only something that happens after. A project can be very empowering. Skills are developed. It can be a meditation too. Often we aren’t able to get over that little inhibiting speed bump and we call it “time”. Sometimes actual time is just a small part of it and a circle of encouragement and enablement is what’s needed.
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Starting out it was beneficial to have simpler projects to help ease into the hobby and build confidence. I build about 4-5 milking stools to start, and simple boxes
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For me, as a person starting woodworking from scratch, it’s a combination of having the cash for tools and having the space to use those tools on wood.
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Primarily all useful information about the craft that you can learn only with experience. 😁
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I think it depends on your age. When you're younger, having a space of your own is challenging. When you're older, (kids, job) time is definitely an obstacle.
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The first steps are the hardest. Once you ve reached a certain level of knowledge and success and enjoyment, you are on the journey. Also once you have a bit of tools and knowledge, the biggest barrier might be not having a real need to make something. We ve lost the habit to build what we need. If you really need something and you can not or don't want to buy it, you'll have to make it. Being a hippie or creative mind helps a lot. Everything you could imagine having in your life that is plastic, you can just making it yourself out of wood. From now, I'd say the biggest barrier is our mind thinking Buying instead of thinking Building. But again, if you are not hippie, it might be difficult to convince your wife to put a wooden chair you ve build in your beautiful livingroom with a nice big tv screen. Is the biggest barrier our way of living and spending money? Cheers
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For me is space. A live in a apartment. Impossible to build a small shop. Have a daughter and wife. Both would kill me. I Hope some day i have money to buy a house.
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Time is irrelevant. If you have time to take a crap, you have time. Workbench as an option? That is under tools. Mike Siemsen used to have a free vid about getting started in woodworking from zero tools, buying on the cheap and building the bench. Now it is at Lost Arts Press.
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Frank's Workbench
Biggest barrier to start woodworking?
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