I thought this forum was called Mad Modder for a reason. Or should it be change it to Cautious Modder,
Actually, this site was originally brought about as a place where people could discuss and show the various projects that they are involved with, be it knitting or making a motorcycle. Nothing really to do with engineering at all.
It just so happens, and in my view, detrimental to the site, as many of the original great contributors have been driven away by it, that model engineering has come to the fore, making it just like any other run of the mill engineering site, with very few new innovative projects being shown.
Have a look at John Hills or Powder Keg's posts for example. THEY are what Modders was originally intended for
It was never meant to be 'ask a question topic and get an answer' site, the questions were asked within the topic that the specialist was showing. You actually took a deep interest in the projects that were being shown. You helped if you could, but marvelled at the ingenuity that was being shown.
I was one of the first model engineers to actually show what I was getting up to on here, and I now regret almost every topic I posted, purely because it has now come to this, where almost every post is about model engineering or someone asking how to do something or what should they buy. Not what the site was originally envisioned to be.
As to the cautious Modder.
If members don't take safety as a first priority, then they should NOT be posting on here and making dangerous topics public. Safety is paramount in everything we do, risk takers, in my opinion, should have no allotted space on such a public site as this, and at the first sign, should be given a one and only warning of it, and the offending material removed. Do it again and you are out of here.
But of course, I was asked to become a mod, many moons ago, almost at the start of the site, but I am too volatile to be one, so I refused. I have no say in how the site is run, but I hope that someone in the upper echelon, in their wisdom, will see that I am talking sense.
Enough accidents happen in what we do without adding more fuel, causing further ones.
And just a thought for all
Accidents don't happen, EVERY one has a reason or cause.
So yes, it should be Cautious Modders.
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