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Morris Dovey

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On Feb 28, 6:30 pm, Larry wrote:
Morris Dovey wrote :

wrote:
This isn't mass production where one needs drawings such
that I could give the drawing of an individual part to
someone who has no other knowledge of the rest of the
piece and have them produce the correct part.

It doesn't even need to be mass production - it need only
be a project on which more than one person is working, with
others perhaps doing their part of the project in their own
shop...

Fair enough, but how often does that come into play for the average
woodworker? And would different parts made by two average woodworkers
end up fitting together

Methinks the "average woodworker" is likely to be a nailbender. Somehow
I don't think that anyone in this forum aspires to be an average
woodworker, so I'm not sure I understand where you're wanting to go with
this...

....and I doubt that different parts made by /one/ truly average
woodworker have a very high probability of fitting together precisely.

Or to simply share with others so they don't have to reinvent
the wheel. If all of the hobbyists shared their drawings it
would be a huge timesaver. To a certain extent that's what the
SketchUp warehouse is all about, though I've not found any
"complete" drawings yet.

The nice thing about a partial drawing is you get to exercise you're
own creativity in completing it.

I can understand how that might be true for work that is primarily
decorative. On the other hand, if you decide to build a clock with
wooden works or something requiring precisely interacting parts, you'll
find that your results will be more satisfying if you exercise your
creativity /before/ you start building.

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/