Darren.
My thought was a category solely for people to suggest a request on a given subject. I shall better explain it this way.
(Milling in the lathe) general question . Ok the person knows who is going to answer the post understands the guy needs information on this subject and needs to be general or get specific in his explanation, could go like this, lathes are limited milling machines, small lathes have a harder time than medium, limited height, limited travel, chatter because the structures are weak, types of cutters, milling cutters in the chuck, stationary milling cutters, let me give a tip here, let me give you a tip there, bla bla bla I think you get my drift. Purely by asking the question in this category generates all these thoughts and explanations which in turn explodes the topic wider. Then my thought was that a lot of people who just browse may-just may be enticed to contribute to the board. So really its like the Learning channel being fed by requests.
Bernd.
Your point is taken.
But I seriously doubt this site will always be like it is now. It will get bigger, that’s the nature of the beast. Controlled it can be as long as the rules are adhered too.
Someone somewhere is paying for what we have now, I mention this because there is no free lunch and if we all want to keep our site the way we want it then in the pockets we shall have to dive. And rightly so may I add.
Anthony.