Three summers ago I had a fridge compressor die in my apartment and it made this low clicking sound every 40 seconds. I got used to it, then when my band recorded a quiet acoustic song I realized the fridge was on in the background of the whole take. We kept it because the clicks lined up with the snare hits in a weird way. It's like that old thing where you find a penny on the ground at the exact moment you were thinking about money. The universe gives you these dumb accidents and you gotta decide if it's a sign or just noise. Most of the time it's just noise, but every once in a while it's the best part of the track.

Man, 14 tries is actually pretty standard from what I've seen. The whole "born with chisel hands" thing is a myth, most folks just don't post their first 40 attempts on Instagram. What clicked for me was realizing the saw setup matters more than the hand, once I stopped fighting a dull blade and started paying attention to the angle of my body relative to the cut, everything got way easier. Your framing background probably means you've got better hand-eye coordination than you think, so don't sweat the early misses.