Hey fellas, so I got my Wilton grinder set up and just couldn't wait to start tearing into some steel. After a few horribly sorry attempts at bevels I was ready to explode. I couldn't grind a straight line (top of bevel) to save my life, I couldn't grind even plunge cuts, I ruined the tip of one of my heat treated blades, I skinned the meat off of one of my knuckles, and super pedicured a fingernail on my other hand....it was an AWFUL experience! but wait......
Now, I don't quit and I don't like losing....I am a US Army combat vet and a cancer survivor, I have raised two daughters and been married for 27 years, so my life has not been without its challenges. That being said, as I am sitting in a pile of metal dust, defeated, bleeding, and wondering "WHY did I even try this?" I strangely thought about the game of golf....I love golf. I've been working on my game for about ten years now. I'm not particularly good and I do get frustrated at times (that's a lie, I get frustrated a lot!) But, every once in a while, I'll hit an amazing, straight as an arrow 350 yard drive, or maybe hit an impossible flop shot on the green with less than a yard to the cup. And I would never, ever had done that if I had not picked up a club in the first place and got the desire to PRACTICE and try and fail, and go back and start all over again and again......I have always heard that its that one great shot that keeps you going back. I think the same is true about this crazy hobby.
So, from one new guy to the other new guys out there, don't expect to go get an expensive grinder, or milling machine, or whatever and expect to start immediately rolling out works of art, cause its not going to happen. But DONT give up either! If you want it bad enough, you'll find a way. Ask questions and always keep learning, but DONT GIVE UP!
Bruce Lee said "Defeat is a state of mind, no one is ever defeated until defeat is accepted as reality"
Anyway, enough of my ranting, I just wanted to tell you guys that I tried and got my butt kicked, but I am digging heels in and pushing forward. Thanks for all of your advice and help, and I apologize beforehand for all the questions that will be coming...LOL
Now, I don't quit and I don't like losing....I am a US Army combat vet and a cancer survivor, I have raised two daughters and been married for 27 years, so my life has not been without its challenges. That being said, as I am sitting in a pile of metal dust, defeated, bleeding, and wondering "WHY did I even try this?" I strangely thought about the game of golf....I love golf. I've been working on my game for about ten years now. I'm not particularly good and I do get frustrated at times (that's a lie, I get frustrated a lot!) But, every once in a while, I'll hit an amazing, straight as an arrow 350 yard drive, or maybe hit an impossible flop shot on the green with less than a yard to the cup. And I would never, ever had done that if I had not picked up a club in the first place and got the desire to PRACTICE and try and fail, and go back and start all over again and again......I have always heard that its that one great shot that keeps you going back. I think the same is true about this crazy hobby.
So, from one new guy to the other new guys out there, don't expect to go get an expensive grinder, or milling machine, or whatever and expect to start immediately rolling out works of art, cause its not going to happen. But DONT give up either! If you want it bad enough, you'll find a way. Ask questions and always keep learning, but DONT GIVE UP!
Bruce Lee said "Defeat is a state of mind, no one is ever defeated until defeat is accepted as reality"
Anyway, enough of my ranting, I just wanted to tell you guys that I tried and got my butt kicked, but I am digging heels in and pushing forward. Thanks for all of your advice and help, and I apologize beforehand for all the questions that will be coming...LOL