b'for paying the bills. Their movements are quickI like to see it as aggressive craftsmanship. There and decisive; none of them move slowly, theyare certainly some processes where calm, patience actually regard speed as part of their skill set. Theand forward planning are absolutely essential, I watchmaker George Daniels was one such. Thesometimes turn the phone off and lock the doors, Violin Maker Rene Morel was another. Picassobut there are many situationswhere heads down didnt hang about. Making a guitar is a slowand get it done now, is by far the best approach. It process, that is unavoidable, but it doesnt meanworks very well for me, and it works even better that I have to work slowly, its not the same thing.when those around me work the same way. If Someone once said to me that I work like a chefsomeone wont work that way I become frustrated in a restaurant, pushing and keeping everyone onand very stressed. I go green and my shirt splits. their toes, I really like that idea. In fact when I amI did actually smoke a pipe for a while, or at least discussing a potential order with a client, I like toI tried to, I spent more money on matches than I talk about the design being a gourmet meal, ratherdid on tobacco and it made me feel sick. I smoked than a buffet lunch. Each part needs to relate tocigars for a while as well, but someone commented each other, not just a jumble of items chosen from athat they smelt wonderful at one end and tasted list of options. horrible at the other and then added a bit like me A few years ago I went to a woodwork exhibition,really, which I couldnt actually work out, but I where a group of old men were examining the finestopped smoking just in case.shavings that were coming off a very expensiveThere are about three hundred operations in hand plane, but they didnt even glance at the piecemaking a guitar, and over a hundred components. of wood that had been planed. Its a very basicBy 1976 I had about 10 staff. If it had been one difference in approach. I am interested in results,hundred staff or three hundred to match the and Im not at all precious about the way I work. Iprocesses, the organisation would have been dont smoke a pipe and have a chat in between eacheasy, but as it was, none of the stages could be stroke of the plane, and I sharpen my chisel onlykept in step with each other. It was chaos. I ran when it needs to be sharpened, not just for effect.everywhere, jumping over stuff rather than 51'