I ran into a quote I liked on the Woodworker’s Journal eZine (that will take you to whatever issue is current when you click). Dave Schweitzer, the guy they were interviewing as woodworker profile of the month, had worked as a welder before he started doing woodturning. He said, “I had good hand/eye coordination and was used to working with my hands. … the bottom line is that people who can make things with their hands can make almost anything with their hands, and the materials and tools they are using are quite secondary.”