Thanks Robo, Mac and Dan for sustaining a thread that I had hoped would
raise some Q&A's re how we view the steps leading to the arrival of
'new' woodturning products, both tools and turnings.


Thanks Joe, your take shows your usual acute perceptions as a woodturner
plus your insights as an experienced engineer.

There seems to be consensus about what "invention" means. Do any of you
think "design" is rather loosely used by woodturners. IOW, what does
"design" mean to woodturners? To me, it means figuring out ways to
actually turn something novel into a pleasing completed piece. Or if
not novel, then figuring a novel way to turn a well known form might
also be "design"......or is that innovation? Maybe this is just another
useless inquiry about how many angels can dance on the tip of a needle.
Naw! Their dancing is a production.


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