Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re:Casting clearance

Jon: Whoa, big fella! It was not my intention to insight anyone. I AM
the person that I described. Money has always seemed to avoid my hands.
I have always had to scrounge,make do ,make it myself or do without.I
set my priorities every time I make a purchase. My only point is that I
would have certainly been better off using a product that was designed
to be used for the job.The problem being I KNEW BETTER. I was being a
tight wad and knew it.And I paid for it in much grief. If I have
offended anyone else please accept my apology. That was certainly not my
intention. I will dissappear from this site for a while.
Carey

Jon Anderson wrote:

> "Carey L. Culpepper" wrote:
> >
> > I am not trying to be critical here. Just calling it the way
> > I see It. Am I close?
>
> Not at all, though some of these folks may not like you calling like
> it
> is. There's a reason industrial stuff is expensive, why chinese
> co-axial
> indicators are half the price of US made, etc etc.
>
> Cheap tools are cheap for a reason.
>
> Most of these "tightwads" however, probably have to pinch pennies long
>
> and hard to buy even the modest tooling they do have. Many folks just
> get by, economically speaking, and spending $40 for a can of release
> probably doesn't sit well with the significant other when there's most
>
> likely a lot of items the rest of the family needs. I know, been
> there,
> done that.
>
> Another part of this, I believe, is that in today's society, most
> people
> have settled for corporate blandness, most anything anyone needs is
> available, at a price, determined by committee to meet
> marketing/profit
> needs. I think a lot of folks, probably most here, rebel at being
> looked
> upon (by corporations) as mere Consumers.
> Making things, even when they can be bought, and even if it ends up
> costing more, is a way to strike back, to invoke a sense of self pride
>
> in achievement that was commonplace a mere century ago.
> I love what I do, machining and making things. Very few things in life
>
> give me more pleasure than either making something from scratch, or
> fixing something that most would have tossed.
>
> Having said all that, there's certainly nothing wrong with a little
> reality check now and then....
>
> Jon
>
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