With an attitude like that you will soon be a valued member of the site. Open your mind and your ears and it is amazing how much you can learn from others on here. We are all still learning! reminds me of when I worked in an auto shop. A 17 year old came into the shop looking for a job. In the interview the boss man asked him what he could do. his response was , "I can do it all". Which of course everyone knew was silly b\c no one knows how to do it all, especially at 17. Boss man said, "You can do it all huh? what have you done so far?" The kid's response- "I have done the brakes on my truck, fuel filter and pump, water pump and I have rebuilt my truck engine 2 times!." (2 times at only 17years old means you didn't do a very good job the first time!) Boss man says- "Well son, there is a difference in doing something and doing something right. I appreciate your enthusiasm so you're hired, be here at 7:00am and we will start teaching you the right way to fix cars." First morning the Kid shows up to work with one toolbox in his hand. It included a standard size set of sockets, adjustable wrench, claw hammer about 8 screw drivers and a pair of channel locks. Boss man told him to change the oil on an 82 dodge truck. the boy says "I am here to fix and build cars, not do oil changes." Boss man says- "We all start doing oil changes at this shop and work up to larger things with time. You can't do the big jobs until you've proven yourself on the little ones." The boy says, "I already know how to change oil correctly!" Boss man says, ".....ok then, I guess since you know how to do it all, I need new fuel injectors, map sensor, O2 sensor and also pull the ECM to reset and run a diagnostic test on it. Should take you about 2 hours, I'll see you here back at 10:30am." Boss walks out the door, kid's jaw hits the floor.... Kid says... Holy $h!t and had a big slice of humble pie as he slunk back into the office to admit he didn't know how to do all that.... Boss laughed and said, yeah..I thought so... want to do that oil change now??? alright get on back to work....The kid went and did the oil change and about the next 100 oil changes that came through the door. Even though he thought he knew an awful lot, it didn't take him long to realize he might know his own truck pretty decent, but there is a lot more to the world than what can be found under the hood of his own truck.... That kid was ME. That was a defining moment in my young life.... alright, now get back to letting that maple stave cure. In the mean time, go to the hardware store, get a quartersawn oak board & drywall tape. Learn the basics many times over on cheap oak boards. Then after you have made a few good bows with people's help on here, I bet a couple people will send you a nice hickory bow stave to build a real one. When you want to be treated like a man, you gotta act like one. A real man asks, listens and says please and thank you. You get only as much respect as you give. Hope to see nothing but mature posts in the future SS!
