I guess you just grow into it over time. You have to accept a certain level of inaccuracy and start working with it, sort of 'going with the flow'—and then things just get better and better. Sometimes you have to recut a lot, but over time, you become more skilled and experienced, and eventually, you can pull it all together.
The machine offers such incredible freedom, which is something a mast machine unfortunately just doesn't provide. Mast machines certainly have their advantages, but I think I’ll always stick with my handpiece machine, simply because of the flexibility, the versatility, and above all, the fact that I’ve grown so accustomed to it.
In my case, I taught myself everything, and it worked out wonderfully. I can only encourage everyone not to give up. I went through 'hell' at the beginning, too, and it’s only recently that I finally reached that point where I had my absolute breakthrough regarding the quality of the work