#2 Made This When I Was About 5 Or 6. Pencil-Holding Caterpillar For My Dad To Use At Work
We managed to get in touch with the moderators of '[Bad] Woodworking' and they agreed to give us more insight into this subreddit.
"Moderating here is fairly simple and the general philosophy is to let downvotes take care of unpopular content," the team told Bored Panda.
"Some posts are off-topic but get upvoted and they usually get left alone, even if reported."
#5 Woke Up To Snowmageddon In Texas And Sister Asked If I Had A Sled For Her Daughter (Which I Didn't) So I Built Her A Shitty One Real Quick
The moderators said there have been some bans from off-topic spammers but it has been a while since the last time.
"People generally seem to post about things they are proud of or happy about, but know could use improvement," they added.
The maturity of the subreddit's members, their respect towards each other, and their genuine interest in the craft as well as the desire to get better at it have to be some of the main reasons why this niche community, despite being almost a decade old, remains active.
#6 Didn't Wanna Pay $13 For An Extension Cord Reel. I'll Make My Own With $1.30 In Materials And $1,300 In Tools
#7 Made A Small Box Out Of Popsicle Sticks To Hold Toothpicks For My Work Truck
#8 Phone Holder For Google Maps And An 800 Mile Trip. I Had 15 Minutes-Ish And Very Few Tools On Hand
#9 Deodorant Holder, My Wife Asked "Why Is There A Baby Stump On My Counter?" Lol
Many insiders believe that woodworking is somewhat easy to become decent at but takes a lifetime to master.
Even Paul Sellers, whose biography as a woodworker began in a small joiner's workshop in 1965 in Stockport, England, and who now has two of his pieces gracing the Cabinet Room of the White House, calls himself "a lifelong amateur woodworker."
So staying humble and not being ashamed of your mistakes seems to be really important in this particular field.
It's one of those things where the journey really is more important than the destination. "In making, I find unsurpassed peace," Sellers wrote in one of his blog posts.
"It's a silencing of excess that gives me encouragement in the simplicity of making with my hands."
#17 TV Remote, Friend Said His Kids Kept Losing The Remote So This Was The Solution
Sellers has spent a large part of his working life in the USA where he taught woodworking courses and he advises everyone to embrace the challenges. "Throughout my work teaching classes hands-on, I learned from students what troubles them the most. Cutting square, planing square, cutting straight and sharpening a perfect edge, the list could be exhausting were we to go down that road," he recalled.
"We could soon convince one another that we should just go the machine route. And yet there is something truly magical every time you develop a very particular skill you never thought you could or would own."
#20 Made A Ramp For The Dogo, But I Guess It Was Too Sh**ty Since She Refuses To Use It
