Electric Comet on Tue, 16 Jan 2018
10:58:44 -0800 typed in rec.woodworking the following:
at a medium scale furniture maker that did a lot of bending

the old guys did all the work by skill alone

in other words they had no formulas they just knew the right amount
of moisture needed before they tried the bend

"Good judgment comes from experience"
"Experience comes from bad judgment."

Or in this case: how many boards did they wreck learning what was
the "right amount"?

well these old craftsman were about to retire and so they hired new
guys

the new guys had a hard time picking up that skill and decided to
measure everything

thought the old guys might balk but they encouraged the new guys and
were actually glad because they could retire sooner than they thought

"If it looks stupid , but it works - it isn't stupid."

the chair backs they make are very nice
--
pyotr filipivich
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