Maybe I am all wet, but best I can tell is clockwork is saying you shouldn’t attempt anything unless you are a highly experienced expert. This appears to be a possible jab toward Mark Jacobs who, as an enthusiast, has developed a very nice control board for these lathes and will patiently walk you through step-by-step until you achieve success. He will also help someone build their own.
I think there is a conflict between a couple different viewpoints here. One view assumes that it takes years of experience to gain proficiency at a task. People holding to this viewpoint invariably prioritize experience above all else.
The other view is that a person with a systematic deliberate approach will gain more and greater proficiency than the person who has learned solely by experience. I lean more toward this view because I have seen in play out repeatedly over my nearly six decades. I saw it when I was a USAF pilot, I see it as a competition shooter, and I see it as a trumpet player.
Now it is sometimes disheartening when we find someone with less experience has exceeded us, but a deeper analysis shows the two viewpoints I presented as conflicting aren’t really in conflict. The key to success is engaging in a lot of “deliberate practice”. Chances are the amount of deliberate practice between the highly proficient new guy a highly experienced old guy is similar. The reason the 29 year old kid half my age—from whom I take lessons—is a better trumpet player than I am is because he has more deliberate practice on the horn. Even though we have about the same number of calendar years on the horn, he has much more deliberate practice time under his belt.
When it comes to non electricians and wiring in a lathe VFD, there is a clear parallel. Mark’s previous occupation required a very disciplined and deliberate approach. He took that same approach to lathe VFDs and has developed a high level of skill and expertise as an enthusiast. Then of course, there is that final criterion that an INTJ prioritizes above all the theory and everything else. What Mark does WORKS..........
