Shannon wrote:

> And buy the best tools you can afford.  I'd rather be the weakness in my
> work, then have my puny skills pushing against the limits of my tool.
> ("This carving looks horrid; am I having so much trouble because the tool is
> screwed up or because I am?")

A carpenter friend says " a true craftsman never blames his tools - that's
why I borrow yours whenever I can"

Ed Minch