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Chris Jones[_3_]

On 18/11/2016 02:31, wrote:
Well designed tools have a level of resilience already built in.
Going beyond those parameters puts the tool, operator and
surroundings at-risk either a little bit, or perhaps quite a bit
depending on the tool. It is, in every case, under every condition,
an exceedingly bad idea.

meh. That is quite a generalisation. Sometimes upgrades and
modifications make things safer, especially when starting with older
equipment that, in its original condition, would not meet modern safety
standards. Of course one has to apply sensible engineering, and not
overstress parts, and consider any safety consequences of parts failing,
but that does not necessarily preclude improving performance in some
cases, as the original designers of the equipment did not have the
components available to them that we do now.