[TheForge] Another Long rambley YAK

Andy Vida [email protected]
Thu Nov 20 20:58:03 2003


"David E. Smucker" wrote:

> Interesting but I don't think that the fabrication is the fascination for
> Clay either -- for Clay I think it is designing and building the Jigs and
> Fixtures to do the fabrication.  Just another part of the LOVE of machine
> design which I think both of you have lots of.   (We all love our children,
> our designs, better than someone else's children, their design.  And this is
> good, it is what keeps giving us new or improved designs.)

	Well said, and I think that that would be my reason for
	doing such things.  There are few things as enjoyable
	as getting to gether with a group of people and building
	worthwhile things.  Teaching them to do something new is
	also a great pleasure.  Had the pay been far better I
	might have remained a teacher.