A friend of mine and I were discussing, last weekend, an experience we both enjoyed a few years ago. The event was put on by a 5-foot-0" German fellow who demonstrated how to cut dovetails. He built a foot-locker, right in front of out eyes, without using a marking gage, guide, template...just a pencil and a backsaw. The pins and tails were large...about 3", but it 'clicked' together just fine. He basically blew our little minds.
I remember thinking how confident he must have been of his abilities to pull that off in front of 20+ people. He had this cocky little grin.. it looked kinda cool on him, because it wasn't arrogant.
That, in turn, made me think about which tool, if any, I am pretty confident in using with predictable results.
My conclusions?
Belt sander and biscuit joiner. I can make those do things.
I'm working on the jigsaw...right now I'd grade myself a solid 80%....
75%? See? Confidence.How about you guys?