Yesterday I was put to task to make something work.
I wish I would have taken pictures.
Had two other young guys with me.
I had to use files to hand machine something to make it work.
I did one side and asked my coworker to do the other side.
The custom made/machined piece cost a lot of money and there was only one.
Well I had to take it away from him before he made a total mess of it.
How do you do that you make it look so easy?
My reply was a lifetime of using files.
My lesson was this morning I realized it is like playing a guitar you cant just pick one up and play it.
Nor can you do it with a file.
Something I thought all of my life any idiot could do is in reality a very hard thing to do and takes lots of practice.
People that dont know how to use a file think of them as a crude instrument.
People that do know they are a precision tool.
Worth