johnelliott
Established Member
Recently there have been various posts concerning plans for furniture etc. I thought it might be a good idea to start a discussion about the designing of woodworking projects-
I have always designed my own stuff. There's no implied value judgement here, BTW, the main reasons for doing my own designs and not following published plans were
I didn't have the appropriatly sized peices of materials
I didn't have the appropriate equipment
I didn't have the appropriate skills
Doing my own design allowed me not only to overcome these problems, but to be able to feel, hmm, how to put it, a bit like the Beatles when they stopped doing covers and wrote all their own stuff.
I offer these thoughts in order to encourage others to have a go and draw up their own designs.
Also to stimulate debate
John
I have always designed my own stuff. There's no implied value judgement here, BTW, the main reasons for doing my own designs and not following published plans were
I didn't have the appropriatly sized peices of materials
I didn't have the appropriate equipment
I didn't have the appropriate skills
Doing my own design allowed me not only to overcome these problems, but to be able to feel, hmm, how to put it, a bit like the Beatles when they stopped doing covers and wrote all their own stuff.
I offer these thoughts in order to encourage others to have a go and draw up their own designs.
Also to stimulate debate
John