Definition of Handycrafts in Show competition

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

So I'm OK to enter a part where I have thread milled the threads on my CNC

I would say those with an ELS and some form of automatic leadscrew disengagement may be on a different level to change wheels users.

Edited By JasonB on 07/08/2023 10:58:36

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Leadscrews have always been an industry accepted special case where automation was king

many UK hobby lathe makers simply purchased them from a few specialist UK manufacturers to reduce the cost of the high end manufacturing required

It's what you do with it that people are interested in

[Bill PhinnParticipant @billphinn90025]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 07/08/2023 07:05:21:

Ref: **LINK** https://frodsham.com/wristwatch/index.php

It is made as a flat piece, by CNC … but the tapered profiling is done by hand

I have watched him at work … with the piece simply clamped by his thumb onto a bottle-cork.

Immense skill, and dedication to the craft.

MichaelG.

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Edit: __ Please permit me a small digression to pay tribute to the creator pf that animation:

**LINK**

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 07/08/2023 07:17:10

Thanks for the links, Michael. Marvellous work.

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Tim Stevens on 07/08/2023 10:46:16:

SoD says: Art can't be quantified and checked against a specification. That means everybody's opinion of it is of equal value.

I suggest that this depends on how you define ‘value’. In the art trade, the value of an item is what someone will pay for it, so the decisions always depend solely on the views of the well-off. And clearly, the majority – who tend to have little or no spare cash – count for nothing.

Of course, the value of an item can be judged in other ways, but it seems to me that SoD is – just this once – wide of the mark.

Regards – Tim

Well, I type in a sentence that seems completely clear to me and Tim proves it's not!

It was the value of different opinions on art I meant rather than the value of art itself. For example, I hate jazz. In my opinion It's elitist, irritating, self-indulgent, ill disciplined and pointless. Jazz is a waste of my time and the musicians technical and aesthetic skills.

A friend loves jazz. He says improvisation creates pure music freed from stultifying convention, and is the human spirit unshackled. My friend considers jazz 'powerful', which I say is rubbish because power is measured in Watts not Armstrongs per Hour.

My point is that neither of us is right or wrong about the value of Jazz because it can't be quantified, it's subjective. Since there's nothing to measure, my friend's opinion of Jazz is just as good as mine. The danger is that we are fanatics and prepared to force our ideas on others.

Engineering value works because it can be measured. Thus a tool made in 1975 is great, whilst its makers hair-style, moustaches, flared trousers, platform shoes, and loud shirts have all proved ridiculous! Anyone prepared to share photos of themselves from 'the decade that style forgot'? Not me!

Dave

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Anyone prepared to share photos of themselves from 'the decade that style forgot'? Not me!

Dave

I've got a Spar t-shirt football team photo. Very stylish.

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