Originally Posted by
dapoling
..........why are you using something like this?
He's NOT using something like this, it was an experiment for crying out loud!! Haven't you ever experimented just out curiosity?? Maybe being a shop owner all my life and only once an employee causes me to have a completely different mentality but I goof off trying stuff ALL the time even if it's dangerous... (Don't anyone dare take that statement out of context, lol...)
Now I should explain that anytime I do anything I am almost paranoid about my safety... The left side of my body was 100% paralyzed for quite awhile through no fault of my own and I have no desire to EVER get hurt again... However, I don't let fear cloud my judgment, I think things through, start small and work my way up through systematic testing if the new idea requires such an approach...
I see no reason not to try something like this thread describes IF IF IF you are a true professional machinist and you are willing to accept responsibility if something goes awry!! If no one ever took a risk, where would we be?? If you're Caucasian, I'm guessing you'd be in Europe still and probably no where else... If the explorers we learned about in elementary school were born today and became machinists, I bet they'd be trying all kinds of 'insane' things just out of pure curiosity...
I'm going to guess you're not a big risk taker in general and probably wouldn't like not having a steady weekly, bi weekly, monthly, etc. income... My opinion here is that there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that mentality at all... We're ALL wired different... However, assuming that average people are reading these posts and apply an average amount of common sense, I see no problem posting the results...
Here's an idea, did you ever think that since Geof took the time to post the results and the inherent problems associated with doing it this way that MAYBE someone who was contemplating trying it themselves will now shy away from it because even though it was proven to be possible, it's neither easy nor super efficient to do??
I'd much rather someone else test a new shark suit and let me know it doesn't work than to have to discover EVERYTHING on my own...
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