[Public-List] Edson Tiller head

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

Th polishing is the dirty part

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On 2017-03-02, at 5:42 PM, Kris Coward <kris at melon.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 09:44:08AM -0500, Gordon Laco via Public-List wrote:
>> In forty years in the yacht outfitting business I learned that the cost in bronze gear is in the machining and finishing (after pattern making, which is not inconsiderable).  Producing quality fittings means man-hours of dirty but skilled work at the lathe and polishing.  And attention to specifications with willingness to recast castings and start over if the finishing processes reveal imperfections.  Not assembly line automated production in the millions of units, but skilled craftsmen who care about quality making items one by one. 
> 
> I've never thought of machining as dirty work; I mean there's a bit of
> lube and chip that flies around from time to time, but I usually think
> of machinists as immaculate (because mess and grit ruins their
> precision).
> 
> -K
> 
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