"Morris Dovey" wrote in message
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| Comparing yours to that is like comparing a racehorse to a mule.

Thanks. The only difference is that I thought about the problem longer
before committing resources than they did. I started in '72 or '73 and
their intro, according to my server log, wasn't until:

lvott201.leevalley.com - - [12/Dec/2005:07:30:01 -0600] "GET /ssq
HTTP/1.0" 302 301
lvott201.leevalley.com - - [12/Dec/2005:07:30:01 -0600] "GET /ssq/
HTTP/1.0" 200 4128
lvott201.leevalley.com - - [12/Dec/2005:07:30:02 -0600] "GET
/ssq/outline300.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 3162
lvott201.leevalley.com - - [12/Dec/2005:07:30:02 -0600] "GET
/ssq/place300.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 4171
lvott201.leevalley.com - - [12/Dec/2005:07:30:02 -0600] "GET
/ssq/measure300.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 6639
lvott201.leevalley.com - - [12/Dec/2005:07:30:02 -0600] "GET
/ssq/cut300.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 9920

They fixed the materials problem but screwed up on the design. I'd
have been a lot more comfortable if they'd found a way to _improve_
the design.

I've been so impressed by so many of the LV / Veritas products that I
feel like they've let us all down - and that bothers me more than that
they decided to make their own.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto


Hi Morris -

Just a quick note to say that this product did not come from either Lee
Valley, or Veritas.... nor did our R&D guys have anything to with it. As a
matter of fact - they'll be seeing it for the first time when the catalogue
mails.

It's an old technique - and one many people have been using for ages. We
actually carried a Japanese version for a number of years, and it used a
1/4" square sacrificial stick along with a an adjustable fence (to handle a
number of angles). Like winding sticks - most people build their own...I've
done so myself many times.

I can understand you'd like to see your version in production, as it is an
elegant design - but I want to be very clear that we do not produce products
based on other people's designs - to suggest otherwise is inaccurate.

Rob Lee
Lee Valley