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    The bird fountain

    A true work of mechanical art; the automaton builders of old would be jealous...


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    OK, OK!
    You made your point:
    I'M A HACK WITH NO SKILLS TO SPEAK OF!

    (but I can appreciate true craftsmen!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by CharlesWaugh View Post
    OK, OK!
    You made your point:
    I'M A HACK WITH NO SKILLS TO SPEAK OF!

    (but I can appreciate true craftsmen!)
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    If it makes you feel any better, know that I felt the same way when I watched it.
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    Where do you even begin to design something like that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2SSRedline View Post
    Where do you even begin to design something like that?
    Probably the way many of us "design" the tools we make. One starts with a vision of how the tool will work, identifies key required substructures, then whips out the fag-packet and pencil stub and cobbles something together. Many iterations later, the substructure works and it's added to its mates. At this point its failings become visible and the process repeats itself.



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