On 2008-03-01, Harold and Susan Vordos wrote:

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Machining and measuring isn't something one accomplishes successfully by
good fortune---it is a skill and art, much like playing a musical
instrument. Many make noise, but few make music. For the most part they
are the musicians that have learned properly. The ones that don't play
their instruments with a hammer, perhaps.

Well ... there *are* musical instruments which *are* properly
played with a hammer of appropriate form.

Among those is something which got its start as a woodworking
tool -- the musical saw. (Yes, they are also sometimes played with a
bow.)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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