On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 18:03:25 -0700 (PDT), "nailshooter41@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<nailshooter41@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Aug 7, 6:33 pm, "Swingman" <k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Granted, you may not need it, but it won't hurt and it just may be
there
>> when you do (and easy/cheap insurance for those who prefer a belt and
>> suspenders approach for posterities sake).
>
>Well, that would be me. I am not as bad as I used to be, but I think
>somewhere in my old German bloodline there must have been some
>woodworker that was convinced it was only worthwhile to build things
>for the ages.
>
****ing A !
My great grandfather Hans (cabinetmaker) would disown me from the
other side if he thought that I was starting to act like a modern
engineer.
Tradesmen have traditionally built for the ages. In the old days of
the three to one ratio we still had engineers who did the same.
The shabby concept of 'value engineering', which is almost always run
by the accounting department, rather than the engineers, has given us
the idea of planned obsolescence in the guise of predicted failure
rates.
How often have you wondered at how a piece can fail one month after
the warranty is over. It is perfect engineering, according to its
lights.
That's not what I do for my customers and it isn't what any of the
people I respect do, either.
Regards, Tom.
Thos. J. Watson - Cabinetmaker
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/
tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet
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