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Default Orders Of Magnitude, Relativity, Chaos Theory and Compensatory Craftsmanship

On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:06:44 GMT, Lobby Dosser
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Tom Watson wrote:

A man begins with timber that was felled and bucked to length with a
two handed crossbuck saw, scabbed off with an adze and slabbed out
rough with a pitsaw.


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When he is done, he has created a Goddard-Townsend Blockfront Desk.



A man buys some 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 S4S timber and a sheet plywood.


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What did the customer want?


A William & Mary tavern table.