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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9637817" data-attributes="member: 177">Newcomer... to what? In what sense?The path to becoming a craftsperson of any sort does not usually start with picking up an entire toolbox, unless you are attending school for the craft.&nbsp; It normally starts instead with one small job that needs to be done, and a couple of tools needed to do just that job, requiring at least two trips to the hardware store to collect what you need.&nbsp; The collection of tools grows as you do a job here and a job there.&nbsp; Eventually you buy a tackle box to hold them in.&nbsp; And what a motley collection it is, with too many hex wrenches, a Philips screwdriver that's half-stripped and mostly useless, and several &quot;adapters&quot; that you no longer know what they adapted.If you're really dedicated, or suffered a drastic life change, you may eventually replace the motley collection, and pick up a new, purpose-designed toolbox filled with a curated collection of purpose-designed tools.&nbsp; It isn't usually a step for &quot;newcomers&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9637817, member: 177"] Newcomer... to what? In what sense? The path to becoming a craftsperson of any sort does not usually start with picking up an entire toolbox, unless you are attending school for the craft. It normally starts instead with one small job that needs to be done, and a couple of tools needed to do just that job, requiring at least two trips to the hardware store to collect what you need. The collection of tools grows as you do a job here and a job there. Eventually you buy a tackle box to hold them in. And what a motley collection it is, with too many hex wrenches, a Philips screwdriver that's half-stripped and mostly useless, and several "adapters" that you no longer know what they adapted. If you're really dedicated, or suffered a drastic life change, you may eventually replace the motley collection, and pick up a new, purpose-designed toolbox filled with a curated collection of purpose-designed tools. It isn't usually a step for "newcomers". [/QUOTE]

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