On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:00:15 -0700, Ed Bennett
wrote:



snipped some personal anecdotal information with no offense intended



There are a number of people who want to turn this into flame fest
against machinery and its proper alignment. They cite their personal
anecdotes about how many years they have been producing fine
woodworking without any regard for alignment.

Well, I didn't see that (flame fest). I saw opinions offered about
whether it was necessary to align a saw to within a few thousandths or
if you could do work that was just as good at .016" 45 degree
alignment. If the OP was not interested in opinions that might vary
significantly, and would not find that helpful he probably should have
contacted you directly rather than posting on a usenet forum or at
least ignored the opposing opinions.

Obviously, his opinion is that you* have* to align a saw to a "gnat's
ass", and I'm happy your were able to help him. Those who don't share
that opinion and offer an alternative "of just cut some wood" are not
engaging in a "flame fest" IMHO.



In addition to being
exasperating, this is nothing more than a straw man argument. The
issue has nothing to do with $2000 saws and alignment to within a
"thousandths of a gnat's ass". Amazing woodworking has been done for
thousands of years before table saws were even invented. Nobody is
saying that you have to spend a certain amount of money, or have a
certain machine, or align it in a certain way before you can do fine
woodworking. People who rant and rave on this point expose themselves
as extremely insecure.

ranting and raving? A little touchy are we. Need to work on that
sense of humor.

This thread is about helping one person to make the most of a recent
machinery investment. It's about helping him to learn and apply some
machinery skills. It is not a waste of time; it is a way to avoid
wasting a lot of time and effort. People who can't sit by without
ridiculing him and continually citing examples of how well they get by
without any machinery skills are saying a lot more about themselves
than they realize.

All the above eloquent Ed, however, some may feel it is a waste of
time, and I believe you may be the only one here who has a vested
financial interest in having everyone believe that it is not a waste
of time.

Frank

El

Ed Bennett


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