On 4/16/2012 7:14 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Swingman wrote:


Go ahead, convince me that top of the line automobile paint
spraying/finishing equipment doesn't allow you to do a better job,
more quickly, efficiently and easier, and thus obtain additional work
"because of the work you perform(ed)".

I'm waiting ... with paint brush in hand for you to prove me wrong.

Yeahbut we both know that was not my point.

I'm taking exactly what you express to be what your point is.

I painted a lot of cars with a
25 year old Devilibis suction gun and a Binks Model 7 before I upgraded to
my HVLP. Turned out mirror finishes. The Chip Foose car I redid was shot
with one of those. My tools today do save me cost of materials, but they
don't make the paint jobs any better. I'm as good (or not as good...), with
either technology in my hand. Like you and Leon, my work is distinguished
by my practices, not by my tools. Not a doubt in my mind that the two of
you would get the repeat work, and the add on work if you were using Black
and Decker tools - because it's about the work you turn out, not the tools
that got you there. Yeah - good tools may work faster or more accurately,
but that only saves you the effort - it's still the work you turn out that
is recognized.

You indeed have a point, but my contention is that it is a far cry from
the entire story, and that the tool can be as equally important as the
talent.

I will accept that talent and aptitude obviously play a part, but you
must also accept that Michelangelo could not have carved a David with a
carving knife, nor could Rembrandt have painted The Night Watch with his
finger.

The tool and, in almost all cases of success in handwork of any kind,
the "best tool for the job", is most often what ultimately allows the
talent and aptitude to express itself ... you must have all three, plus
the opportunity.

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