Advice seekers

[osr]

We should know all roads lead to Rome so to speak.
Advice given by people is a wonderful thing weather it is good or bad.As far as working with wood goes you can always learn new things.Techniques and uses of different species of wood vary .The use of local or recycled or imported timber is the kind of things we need to know.From time honoured methods to the latest technology and all the skills aquired by all the craftsmen and woman from all over the world.We all need to share experiences and knowledge.
Keep splinters away
Cheers OSR

[Mobyturns]

A cyber hitman?

Isn't that techno funk?

[Sawdust Maker]

matrix

[SAISAY]

Another one a few days ago.
New Aussie member asked about buying a cheap Chinese CNC machine on the Vectric forum.
I advised him to go here.
He was peeved because the machine obviously wasn't "professional" enough for the Vectric people!!!!
Asked his question here, I and one more replied.
Never came back again

[Sawdust Maker]

Hey Wongo ... Thanks for the coffee

[Wongo]

Lucky you siad that. I was about to pull the trigger.

Thanks for dropping the Wenge yesterday. Can tell me why its 20cm shorter?

[Sawdust Maker]

Lucky you siad that. I was about to pull the trigger.

Thanks for dropping the Wenge yesterday. Can tell me why its 20cm shorter?

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[John Samuel]

As Sir Isaac wrote in a letter to Hobbes, "If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants."

The original idea for this thought seems to have come from Bernard of Chartres, who in the twelfth century said that even though we are dwarves, we can see farther than the giants (ancient scholars) by standing on their shoulders.

Dr W. Edwards Deming was one of the great minds of the last century. He used to say that one can easily identify great men ... they always acknowledge other great men (the shoulders on which they stood). He was correct.

Those that don't bother with so much as a "thanks" or who otherwise abuse those whose assistance they seek are very small people ... smaller than we dwarves. We cannot change their pettiness or small-mindedness. We can refuse to lower ourselves to their level, as the really helpful people here so amply demonstrate.

As a novice I greatly appreciate the advice and assistance received from so many at this forum, but in particular BobL, Wongo, PJT and Ian. The interesting thing is that often, such people are born teachers. It comes as naturally to them as breathing. Like artists they don't really have much of a choice ... teaching is part of who they are; they can't not do it, and many of us of us are grateful for that.

[Sawdust Maker]

You calling Wongo a giant?

[Christos]

You calling Wongo a giant?

Taller then some. Now taller then most.

[Wongo]

The man is absolutely right. Google says most people in the world are not taller 6ft1.

[DSEL74]

I think from my experience anyway there are a lot of knowledgable & generous people on the forum. My thanks to all those who have pointed me in the right direction. I hope I have always shown appreciation and I admit I often feel awkward accepting some of the assistance offered as I don't want to take up people valuable time. Also aren't the appreciative in the majority on here???

So far I don't feel I have the knowledge to give much back, but with the learning I am gaining hopefully I will get to pass it on, or pay it forward so to speak. Not everyone will have the courtesy or manners to say thanks, that is a given and a shame. But look at it this way no one put a gun to your head to give the advice, you did it because you wanted to. You wanted to help and your repaying the community for those that went before and helped you when you were learning. Takes the unthankful person out of the equation, and is your way of saying thanks to those who mentored or provided learning to you. Better way to look at it because you get to feel good about it regardless.

Also those being spoken off will miss out on the future learning opportunities as you won't be wasting energy with them in future.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

The way I see it, any advice/method/opinion offered in one of the public forums automagically becomes part of the forum's "accumulated knowledge." As such, I'm more interested in any reasoned criticisms or alternate methods offered afterwards than any thanks. (It's for similar reasons that I don't mind people posting in 'dead' threads. It keeps related - to the original topic - info in the same thread and occasionally adds other options to the knowledge base.)

But it's the behind the scenes stuff... PM's, etc... where it's one-on-one and favours are more personal that thanks become a consideration. Whether face-to-face, on the phone or by eTexting, manners are still manners and I don't particularly like rude people.

(However, I'll readily admit that although I'm pretty sure that Avery doesn't mean me I've been guilty of similar at least once. Which had a large part to do with an overfull PM inbox, a few icy cold vitamin B's and mentally blurring the difference between a 'purge' & an 'erasure.' )

[Chesand]

Taller then some. Now taller then most.

The short people of the world are there to make the others look tall.
At least that is what I tell my older daughter who is 5 ft and 1/2 an inch. That last 1/2 inch is very important to her.
I also tell her that she was our experimental model and we improved from there on.

[Sawdust Maker]

The short people of the world are there to make the others look tall.
At least that is what I tell my older daughter who is 5 ft and 1/2 an inch. That last 1/2 inch is very important to her.
I also tell her that she was our experimental model and we improved from there on.

Years ago I worked with a lass whom was 4' 11 3/4"
the chap she married was 6' 1"