On 4 Nov 2006 13:47:21 -0800, wrote:


The root of such absurd characterizations designed to make a poorly
understood group appear inferior is bigotry - most often arising out of
a perception that the other group threatens ideas or ways of life which
form the basis of one's core values.


Shazzam!

Now I'm a bigot?

Brother Eddie, you need to cool your jets.

My point was and is that too many people concentrate on the tools,
rather than the work.

The work that you do tells you about the degree of precision involved.

The table saw is one of the final steps towards good joinery.

It is not the final step.

What you sell treats it as though it is.


That is wrong.


Do you really think that a tenon cheek is ready for the mortise when
it comes from the saw?

Do you really think that a cut edge is ready for butting to another as
it comes from the saw?


Preposterous!


If the face, or edge has not been worked, it is not finished and can
only fail.


The tablesaw is in the same category as the planer, it attempts to
level the playing field.

The real work of joinery comes after the rough work is done.



I'm not saying that it does not help to have a perfectly set up table
saw - I'm saying that it is a snapshot of reality and that the project
goes on beyond it.


Set a saw up perfectly and then run some interesting wood through it
for a day.

Then, test it again - what has happened?


It is a roughing tool, not a finishing tool - and it should never be
treated as such.







Regards,

Tom Watson

tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)

http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/