[TheForge] Re: Junkyard Wars

Tue May 20 12:33:01 2003

Ok I agree with all the points on Junkyard wars, but technically a mig
welder could be called a semi automatic soldering gun........

Solder means to be united or become repaired.  It is only recently that we
have added the definition that soldering is a dissimilar metal joining
project using softer joining materials than the parent material.

I mean after all the brits like to be stuck in the 15th century meaning of
words, and us NEWBIES to the English language cause so much disruption and
misuse of their nice words....

Paul :)
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> The Nerds, an American team that appeared on the British version gave a
> good write up on the experience and the practices
> (http://www.the-nerds.org/on-seeding.html)  their home page is at
> http://www.the-nerds.org/
>
> I also want to make sure everyone understands that I was not attacking
> "Junkyard Wars".    "Junkyard Wars" was the innovator here and still
> stands out as the quality original.  I was simply pointing to it as an
> example of how work and craft are becoming entertainment.    "Junkyard
> Wars" takes the time and effort to make it an education vehicle, but the
> fact that it is a vehicle, just highlights the fact that the
> construction aspects are entertainment.    "Junkyard Wars" spends a lot
> of time evidently in post production and brings in doers as experts
> rather than and expert with nothing more than a magazine article on the
> topic.   I am often dissapointed by innacuracies in the shows, such as
> refering to a mig as an "semi automatic soldering gun" as has garnered
> attention on the metalworking group.
>
> Charles
>
>
>
> Ralph E Douglass wrote:
>
> >Andrew Vida wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I always assumed that much of what was needed was planted in the yard.
> >>I really see no problem with this at all.  It's still junk.  Now, if
> >>by chance there was collusion between the teams and the producers in
> >>the form of deciding beforehand what they were going to make and how
> >>it was specifically to be designed so that the right materials for
> >>that particular work was planted, then I would say the show is bogus.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Actually I think that the American version of the show and perhaps the
> >original one as well, do sorta pre-plan and stock. The teams (the expert
> >at least) decides on the plan and then the show will seed the yard with
> >approriate gear. But then again, I could be wrong, especially as I can
> >not remember where I read this. Bummer.
> >
> >Ralph
> >
> >
> >
>
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