Shop talk

November 19, 2011 at 10:42 PM

Violin lesson learned nearly 50 years ago in Mr. Gleason's Junior High School shop class: "The secret of using tools is to let the tool do the work. Forcing a tool leads to poor workmanship and, not infrequently, to injury. Got it, boys? Copy that into your notebooks." Got it, Mr. Gleason. It's still there.

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