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Bernd:
I've started this thread so that the "What is your location" thread doesn't go  :offtopic:.


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Alphawolf 45 said:

.I check in here periodically hoping to see somebody build fullscale gas engine.... When weather cools soon I will be casting parts to build  a 2hp water cooled single cylinder 2 stroke outboard boat engine,, fullsized copy of one of the 1939 Muncies that I have. I might use an original iron cylinder so maybe I wont be building every single part myself...Several of the parts are very challenging parts to make anyway...Most of the pieces will be bronze castings....Its very cool having all the machines and the skills to build virtually anything .Its a very special hobby....unfortunate that I know nobody local that shares my interests .

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Bernd wrote:

Ya, it's a bummer when there's nobody around close that shares your interest. One thing you need to rememeber too is that many people have no idea were the products orginate from. All they know is that you buy it at the store.

"What, make it myself"   :bugeye:

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Alphawolf 45 said:

True enough that 'many' people have no idea how anything is manufactured..And its not too satisfying to show'em something you built or repaired because they have no idea , and no interest in how you did it..For that reason the internet helps a lot, can finally carry on a conversation with folks with same interests.....


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Very nicely put.....  :thumbup:


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I agree with Darren to. It sure helps to talk to like minded folks.

Another misconception by those that don't know is the length of time it takes to make something and how much it would cost them to make it. They figure it should be done in a few hours and cost pennies.
When I get asked to make something I usally ask if they can afford it. I guess you can't hope everybody has the same knowledge where and how things are made.

Bernd

dsquire:
Bernd

Great Idea starting a new topic for "Making Thngs"  :clap:

Cheers :beer:

Don

Alphawolf45:

--- Quote from: Bernd on July 26, 2009, 05:54:39 PM ---I've started this thread so that the "What is your location" thread doesn't go  :offtopic:.


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"What, make it myself"   :bugeye:

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Ohh....I had read all the posts in "whats your location" and about half the fellows gave their location and additionally commented on temperature or some nearby geographical feature and so I thought it was friendly thread and bit of chit chat was welcomed..No huh..? Hmmmmm Okay fine..I'll keep rigidly on topic from now on..But I have to say I feel like I should have been advised of my unwelcome deviation from topic in a personal message rather than making a new post about the whole thing and quoting my post as example to everybody else....

cedge:
Alpha...
Calm down. Bernd is not one for putting anyone up for display as an example. It's simply an administrative thing that sometimes has to be done. We don't make any huge deal of it, even as we try to avoid it. Now you've got a nice clean slate to continue on with and no one's thread gets diluted. Bear with us... we're only trying to keep the board running smoothly as possible.

Steve

rleete:
Not just making things, but fixing things.  As the neighborhood kids were all out playing a while ago, one of them lost the chain on his bike.  Did he go to dad, standing at the end of the driveway, 20 feet away?  Heck, no.  He walked it 50 yards down the street to me, because at 10 years old, he already knows who can fix stuff.  Had it re-adjusted, lubed and back in the fray in no time.


Alphawolf45, no harm, no foul.  A bit off topic is okay, but when the subject veers too off course, it's better to start a new thread.  Bernd was just being proactive.  You'll get used to us soon enough.

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