“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery   ~JHCC

Skeletons and weight loss plans come to mind.

Frosty The Lucky.

"There is nothing half so permanent as a temporary solution." ~ Thomas Powers & JHCC

“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out, it’s the pebble in your shoe” -Muhammed Ali   by rockstar.esq

A Grinder and Some Paint will make a Welder what he Ain't  ~ eseemann

I must need a better grinder.

The more I practice welding, the better I get at grinding.

Sometimes even the unreasonable is reasonable.   As is the inconceivable becomes conceivable.   jlpservicesinc

Take one day at a time.  Find the good- its everywhere. Rojo Pedro

I tell students that my job is to help them make new and improved mistakes and not the ones I already know about. Thomas Powers

Never lift an anvil up until you have a place available to set it back down!  Thomas Powers

If we learn from our mistakes, I should be omniscient. Lary

Complex and demanding is what any blacksmith can turn a simple project into. ~ Frosty

Put all the options on the table and then choose the one that best works for the job at hand.  ~ Glenn

I suspect there are shop gremlins whose goal in life is to cause (or intensify) insanity in anyone focused on a project. ~ Buzzkill

Why working late on a project can have poor results---NEVER feed them after Midnight! 

A solid foundation in the basic techniques gives you the freedom to improvise later on. ~ Sifu Joel Rodriguez (JHCC's late Ying Jow Pai teacher)

Machining is removing material, welding is adding material, cutting is removing material, forging is moving the molecules of material.  swedefiddle 

The 6011 welding rod seems to be the equivalent of duct tape.  D Harris

in my shop.  It's a disaster, but I know where everything isn't. ~ Chad J

When making multiple items:

They aren't perfect, they have personality. Daswulf

“Unless you stop yourself, there’s no stopping yourself.” — Paul McCartney

 I have used cad (cardboard aided design) to lay out the project.  Machine Shop

Glenn, I love your version of cad...with cardboard.  Works for me!!

Not my version of CAD, but I do like the way he thinks. Credit goes to the member called Machine Shop.