Why skills waste not and steady hands consume each other?

[realmreborn]

there is no progress while using them they shouldnt conume each other

[Tupsi]

Because you're going to the next step - skills are step based, not progress based.

[CatholicFan]

Yes, they should. If you read the descriptions of them, they say they are active for 4 steps and 5 steps, respectively. Each time you do anything, that's considered a step. The crafting window even shows you what step you're on if you want to count.