After a Computer crash and the demise of civilization, it was learned
Gunner wrote on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 02:43:24
-0700 in rec.crafts.metalworking :
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:05:54 -0400, Ned Simmons
wrote:

On a more serious note, I think in many cases the obstacle to doing
things is not a lack of skills, but ignorance of the fact that a given
task is possible with relatively modest and easy to acquire skills.

--
Ned Simmons


That is absolutely true. I see folks throwing stuff away, because
they screwed up the power cord by sucking it up in the vacuum cleaner,
as a single example.

Im flabergasted by folks who go all adither when they find out you
dont have go buy something new if it quites working.

I know a guy who bought a new TV set, because his 3 yr old big screen
quit working.

The new one didnt work either. The outlet was dead.. which was
connected to a switch on the wall he always knew was there..but
because it didnt turn on a light...didnt pay any attention to in the 9
yrs he lived in the house.

LOL.

I had a bit of a wait while tools were set up, so decided to "fix"
the bandsaw (thrust bearing est screw was snapped off). So I've got it
apart, and am fiddling away, and the supervisor comes over and says "The
only thing I have against you doing this, is you ;left the band saw
plugged in." "Oops, I knew I was forgetting something. And I just
signed up to be on the safety committee."
Almost got the thing fixed .. one of those metastasize "quick
fixes". Put it back, held in place with three bits of shim stock...

pyotr


Gunner
--
pyotr filipivich
"Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est. "
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 45 AD
(A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands.)