February 7, 2012

Buy an FMT Pro in May and get a free accessory kit

I received an e-mail message from Leigh Industries, showing a terrific special in May:


MAY SPECIAL!

During the month of May, buy a Leigh FMT Pro Mortise & Tenon Jig and receive an ACMTC Accessory Kit absolutely FREE! Make perfect joints with ease. Offer valid in the USA and Canada only. Hurry! Offer ends May 31, 2011.

The free accessory kit.

Al Navas

Calling it a success

 

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

— Henry Moore, Sculptor, 1898-1996

 

Detail of multiple mortise and tenon joint — dry fit of the shelf.

Al Navas

Trying something new

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

— Abraham Lincoln

After only one try, my first and only try, this is where I am with a multiple mortise & tenon joint:

Multiple mortise & tenon joint, made with the Leigh M2 jig.

One try. I expect that practice will allow me to perfect the joint using a new jig, the M2 multiple mortise & tenon jig. I am determined to make this work, and to make the gaps disappear. I machined five tenons; based on experience, fitting only two will be much easier with a little more practice. I will nail it tomorrow, or the day after. But I will nail it.

How about you?

  • Do you give up easily, if success does not happen on the first try?
  • Or do you become obsessed with making something succeed, and practice, practice, practice…?

Al Navas

 

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