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There's a lot of different skills required in plug building, a lot of application specific materials are needed and it's a time consuming process . If a person were to start from scratch with no knowledge whatsoever, and figure out how to do this on their own, it would take a long time to 'master' the process and become truly knowledgable in that field. But when they did, and their plugs did what they wanted, they would be a Master.
They would have learned about the different properties of the different types of wood, experimented with lots of different sealers, primers, paints and epoxies., not to mention the plug hardware itself.
Without the internet, none of this would be possible for your average woodworking guy. This all changed with the internet.
Sites like this one have enabled a lot of people (like me ) who have fished for a long time and who enjoy wood working as a hobby to make the leap into plug building relatively easy. I know what I want my plugs to do and I can work on a design and modify it until I get it to do just what I want. Am I a master, Hell no.
I know relatively little about most types of wood. I learned all I know about sealing from guys on the site. Thru drilling, learned how to do it on the lathe froma thread on SOL, and via the drill press on this site. Got some ideas for other jigs from this site too, and from a few people who I have met via these sites...
The knowledge is cheap and easy to come by. I can read it, understand it, take what I need and modify it to meet my needs.
If I come up with something that works good Ill share it with others, and hopefully help them a little. But I am not a master, and I do not think by my definition I ever really will be.
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